Quantum mechanical features of optically pumped CW FIR lasers

Seligson, D.; Leite, J. R. R.; Sanchez, A.; Feld, M. S.; Ducloy, M.

Quantum mechanical predictions for the gain of an optically pumped CW FIR laser are presented for cases in which one or both of the pump and FIR transitions are pressure or Doppler broadened. The results are compared to those based on the rate equation model. Some of the quantum mechanical predictions are verified in CH3OH.

Document ID

19770053157

Document Type

Reprint (Version printed in journal)

Authors

Seligson, D. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)

Leite, J. R. R. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)

Sanchez, A. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)

Feld, M. S. (MIT Cambridge, Mass., United States)

Ducloy, M. (Paris XIII, Universite Villetaneuse, Seine-Saint-Denis, France)

Date Acquired

August 9, 2013

Publication Date

June 1, 1977

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