A NEW FAR-INFRARED LASER: WITH LINEAR-POLARIZATION, LAMB-DIP-STABILIZATION, AND A GAUSSIAN-BEAM OUTPUT

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1998

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Ohio State University

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A significantly improved far-infrared laser has been constructed for operation in the range of 30 to 150 microns. The laser uses nearly-transverse-pumping so that the low-pressure gain curve has a Lamb-Dip at its center and the laser can be stabilized to $\frac{\Delta \nu}{\nu}=\pm 1 \times 10^{-8}$. It uses a near Brewster angle polypropylene beam splitter for the output coupler, which permits a diffraction limited focusing of its output. The laser is used for the discovery of new laser lines and the measurements of their frequencies. The operational characteristics of the laser and its attributes will be discribed.

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Author Institution: Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Instituto de Fisica ``Gleb Wataghin,'' Departamento de Eletr\^{o}nica Qu\^{a}ntica Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-970 Campinas

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