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Laser scattering with frequency doubled neodymium light

University of British Columbia

A series of Q-spoiled neodymium glass oscillators has been constructed to produce radiation which, when frequency doubled to 5300 A, can be used in a optical scattering experiment on a plasma. Though unexpectedly the required light power was never obtained, an exhaustive theoretical analysis has revealed that this failure was due to superfluorescence depopulation of the inversion. When the problem is corrected by means of a samarium doped glass cladding for the neodymium glass rods, the power necessary to observe the electron satellite feature can easily be obtained.

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2010-02-16

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http://hdl.handle.net/2429/20263

Physics

University of British Columbia

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