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Laser-pumped molecular laser

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The parameters of laser-pumped molecular lasers are investigated. It is established that the energy and tuning characteristics of an NH3 laser (Eg = 1.5 J, efficiency 20%, Pav = 20 W, radiation frequency tuning band 753–890 cm-1) are decisively influenced by the addition of N2. A focusing raster optical-pumping system has made it possible to obtain a specific lasing energy 12 J/liter. A CF4 laser with lasing energy 40 mJ operates in the 612–655 cm-1 band. Experiments on dissociation of the molecules CCl4 and UF6 were carried out with the aid of NH3 and CF4 lasers. The systems and methods of producing Raman lasers (RL) are presented. An effective RL amplifier on rotational transitions in compressed H2, which transforms tens of beams of Nd lasers into one coherent beam of the first Stokes component with λ ≅ 1.13 μm at an efficiencyup to 70%, is described.

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Translated from Trudy Ordena Lenina Fizicheskogo Instituta im. P. N. Lebedeva, Vol. 136, pp. 3–50, 1982.

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Vasil'ev, B.I., Grasyuk, A.Z., Dyad'kin, A.P. et al. Laser-pumped molecular laser. J Russ Laser Res 4, 537–582 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01120635

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