DocumentCode :
1143776
Title :
Saturation behavior of SF6 at high pressure and laser intensity
Author :
Armstrong, Jean ; Gaddy, O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Physics, US Air Force Academy, Colo.
Volume :
8
Issue :
10
fYear :
1972
fDate :
10/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
797
Lastpage :
802
Abstract :
An experimental study of the saturable absorption of SF6 at high pressure with high incident laser flux is reported. Experiments with a high-pulse-power CO2 laser show 15 orders of magnitude change in transmittance of SF6 (17 torr pressure) at the 
(16) CO2 line and apparent saturation of the residual absorption at (20) and (22) CO2 wavelength. Comparison of these results with behavior predicted by a four-level model yields reasonable agreement over certain intensity ranges.
(16) CO (20) and (22) COKeywords :
Absorption; Distortion measurement; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical attenuators; Optical scattering; Pulse measurements; Pulse shaping methods; Shape measurement; Space vector pulse width modulation;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9197
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1972.1076859
Filename :
1076859
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