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Carbonyl fluoride (COF(2)): strong new continuous-submillimeter-wave laser source
Optics Letters
|August 29, 2009
Abstract:
Submillimeter-wave laser action in COF(2) is reported. Thirteen lines in the wavelength range from 379 to 1900 microm were observed when COF(2) was pumped by various CO(2) lines in the 10-microm band. A significant portion of the lines has relatively long wavelengths; COF(2) appears to be one of the strongest cw lasers in this long-wavelength region.
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