Title : 
Millimeter and submillimeter-wave laser action in symmetric top molecules optically pumped via perpendicular absorption bands
         
        
            Author : 
Chang, T.Y. ; McGee, J.D.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Holmdel, NJ, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
1/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Ninety-nine new far infrared (FIR) laser lines from 227 μm to 1.965 mm have been observed in CH3CN, CH3CCH, CH3Cl, CH3Br,and CH3I by optically pumping these gases with CO2-laser pulses of 150-μs duration.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Absorption; Finite impulse response filter; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Wavelength measurement;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/JQE.1976.1069037