Abstract

The design of a cell suitable for studying electron beam excited laser candidates at high temperatures such as organic dye and metal vapors is described. The cell is capable of handling temperatures up to 450°C and pressures from 10⁻⁶ Torr to 15 atm. Details of both the high-temperature laser performance of Ar-N₂ and the gain characteristics of the dye POPOP [2,2′ phenylenebis(5-phenyloxazole)] are presented as an example of the use of such a cell.

© 1978 Optical Society of America

Water vapor continuum absorption in the 3.5–4.0-μm region

Kenneth O. White, Wendell R. Watkins, Charles W. Bruce, Robert E. Meredith, and Frederick G. Smith
Appl. Opt. 17(17) 2711-2720 (1978)

Pressure and temperature dependence of Freon-12 absorption coefficients for CO₂ waveguide laser radiation

Charles N. Harward
Appl. Opt. 17(7) 1018-1022 (1978)

Kilometer-path low-temperature multiple-reflection cell for laser spectroscopy using tunable semiconductor diodes

K. C. Kim, E. Griggs, and W. B. Person
Appl. Opt. 17(16) 2511-2515 (1978)

Temperature dependence of infrared absorption by the water vapor continuum near 1200 cm⁻¹

G. Paul Montgomery
Appl. Opt. 17(15) 2299-2303 (1978)

Spectroscopic analysis of the transverse excited C³Πu → B³Πg (0—0) uv laser band of N₂ at room temperature

Alain Petit, Françoise Launay, and Joëlle Rostas
Appl. Opt. 17(19) 3081-3087 (1978)