Optically pumped collision laser in Hg at 546.1 nm
US3992683A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 28, 1975 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 1995 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/227
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A laser cavity containing a mixture of nitrogen, N.sub.2, and mercury, Hg, gas is optically pumped by a lamp containing mercury to produce a laser output of 546.1 nm. The upper laser level is excited through optical pumping by a resonance lamp while the lower level which is a low lying metastable state is depopulated by collisional quenching.
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