DocumentCode :
1102446
Title :
Optical quenching and energy extraction involving metastable and dissociative states in hydrogen
Author :
Guha, Shekhar ; Kunc, Joseph A. ; Gundersen, Martin A.
Author_Institution :
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Volume :
20
Issue :
5
fYear :
1984
fDate :
5/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
504
Lastpage :
508
Abstract :
Optical quenching of metastable molecular species and the generation of tunable broad-band stimulated emission in the UV is considered for molecular hydrogen. A detailed theoretical analysis is summarized and a Study of the optical energy extraction process, using off-resonant optical pumping from the metastable state 
to the dissociative continuum state 
, is presented. Earlier experimental work is discussed, and numerical results for the case of off-resonant pumping are presented.
to the dissociative continuum state , is presented. Earlier experimental work is discussed, and numerical results for the case of off-resonant pumping are presented.Keywords :
Gas lasers; Laser tuning; Optical resonance; Gain measurement; Hydrogen; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Metastasis; Optical control; Optical pumping; Optical switches; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9197
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1984.1072423
Filename :
1072423
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