TUNABLE FAR-INFRARED RADIATION GENERATED FROM DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY BETWEEN 2 RUBY LASERS

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作者
FARIES, DW
GEHRING, KA
RICHARDS, PL
SHEEN, YR
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
[2] Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
[3] Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford
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PHYSICAL REVIEW | 1969年 / 180卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRev.180.363
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Far-infrared radiation generated from the difference frequency between two temperature-tuned ruby lasers has been observed over the frequency range from 1.2 to 8.1 cm-1. Lithium niobate and quartz were used as mixing crystals. The conversion efficiency was measured as a function of angle around the phase-matched direction. The expected spectral content and frequency of the far-infrared radiation has been verified using a far-infrared Fabry-Perot interferometer. © 1969 The American Physical Society.
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