Time-resolved linewidth and lineshape measurements of a pulsed optically-pumped far infrared D/sub 2/O laser

Author

Behn, Roland ; Dupertuis, Marc-Andre ; Krug, Peter A. ; Kjelberg, Ivar ; Salito, Armando S. ; Sigrist, M.R.

Author_Institution

Centre de Recherches en Phys. des Plasmas, Ecole Polytech. Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Volume

24

Issue

3

fYear

1988

fDate

3/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

549

Lastpage

557

Abstract

The spectral composition of the emission from an optically-pumped D/sub 2/O far infrared laser around the 385- mu m line was measured as a function of time during a 1- mu s duration. A multichannel heterodyne receiver comprising a Schottky barrier diode providing a spectral resolution of 80 MHz was used. A spectral shift of the laser emission during the pulse was observed, which was caused by the AC Stark effect, but other mechanisms may also play an important role. The emission spectra were studied as a function of instantaneous pump power and time for different D/sub 2/O pressures. Since the D/sub 2/O laser contains no frequency selective elements, multimode emission and mode competition effects lead to a complex behavior. An attempt is made to explain the observations on the basis of a theoretical model.<>

Keywords

deuterium compounds; gas lasers; optical pumping; spectral line breadth; 385 micron; AC Stark effect; D/sub 2/O laser; Schottky barrier diode; emission spectra; frequency selective elements; instantaneous pump power; laser emission; lineshape measurements; multichannel heterodyne receiver; multimode emission; optically-pumped far infrared laser; spectral resolution; time-resolved linewidth; Infrared spectra; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Schottky barriers; Stimulated emission; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.160

Filename

160