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Temperature variation of linewidth of the CO2 laser P(16) transition
A M Robinson1, M Parameswaran, S Ghufran
1University of Alberta, Department of Electrical Engineering, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G7.
Applied Optics
|November 1, 1986
Abstract:
The halfwidth of the P(16) CO2 laser transition has been measured over a temperature range from 373 to 620 K at pressures varying from 20 to 100 Torr. A Voigt profile line shape was fitted to the experimental absorption coefficient to determine the variation of halfwidth with temperature. The pressure broadened halfwidth varied as T(-0.56) over this temperature range.
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