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Direct Imaging of Laser-driven Ultrafast Molecular Rotation
Published on: February 4, 2017
Molecular C2H2 and HCN lasers pumped by an optical parametric oscillator in the 1.5-microm band
A V V Nampoothiri1, A Ratanavis, N Campbell
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM-87131, USA.
Optics Express
|February 23, 2010
Abstract:
Lasing of HCN and C(2)H(2) in the 3-micron region was demonstrated with a ns pump emitting in the telecommunication C band (1.5 micron region). The observed laser lines correspond to transitions from the terminal pump vibration-rotation state to a combination vibrational state.
