Vibrational population-inversion and stimulated emission from the continuous-mixing of chemical reagents

1967 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.G. Anlauf ◽  
D.H. Maylotte ◽  
P.D. Pacey ◽  
J.C. Polanyi
2003 ◽  
Vol 02 (06) ◽  
pp. 427-435
Author(s):  
V. A. SHALYGIN ◽  
L. E. VOROBJEV ◽  
V. Yu. PANEVIN ◽  
D. A. FIRSOV ◽  
S. HANNA ◽  
...  

The technique of photoluminescence (PL) studies based on intense picosecond excitation of electron–hole pairs is applied to investigate the electron energy structure including the positions of high-lying excited levels in stepped quantum wells (QWs). The spectra of PL in regimes of spontaneous and stimulated emission are studied under different excitation levels and light polarizations. Of special interest are intense photoluminescence signals from excited subbands. The feasibility of a e3–e2 intersubband population inversion in stepped QWs is demonstrated and the influence of Auger recombination was examined.


1996 ◽  
Vol 450 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Boucaud ◽  
S. Sauvage ◽  
O. Gauthier-Lafaye ◽  
Z. Moussa ◽  
F.-H. Julien ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTWe have investigated the mid-infrared spontaneous and stimulated emission between confined subbands in the conduction band of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells. The carriers which give rise to the intersubband emission are excited in the upper subbands using an intersubband optical pumping in coupled asymmetric quantum wells. The quantum wells are designed using phonon engineering in order to obtain population inversion between the second and first excited subband. This is obtained by adjusting the subband energy spacing between E2 and E1 close to the optical phonon energy which in turn allows an efficient relaxation. We have first observed intersubband spontaneous emission between E3 and E2 at 14 μm using an intersubband pumping with a CO2 laser in resonance with the E1-E3 transition. In a second set of experiments, the quantum wells are embedded in an infrared waveguide. We have measured the stimulated intersubband gain using a picosecond two-color free electron laser. The first color bleaches the E1-E3 transition and provides the population inversion. The intersubband stimulated gain is measured versus the waveguide length and photon energy. Stimulated gains ≈ 80 cm−1 are reported thus demonstrating that laser emission under optical pumping appears feasible in optimized structures. Finally, we show that intersubband emission can also be observed in quantum wells using an interband optical pumping.


1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-455
Author(s):  
S. J. Arnold ◽  
G. H. Kimbell

Infrared chemiluminescence attributed to the first overtone of CO was observed when either C2H2 or was introduced into a stream of oxygen which had been passed through a microwave discharge. The addition of vibrationally cold CO to these systems was found to produce a vibrational population inversion in the chemically formed CO. CO first overtone emission was not observed when CH4 was introduced into a similar stream of oxygen unless the CH4 had been subjected to a microwave discharge. These observations are used to clarify the mechanisms governing the formation of CO in continuous wave air–helium–hydrocarbon electrical discharge lasers.


Author(s):  
В.Н. Шастин ◽  
Р.Х. Жукавин ◽  
К.А. Ковалевский ◽  
В.В. Цыпленков ◽  
В.В. Румянцев ◽  
...  

AbstractThe results of experiments aimed at the observation of split 1 s states in Mg-doped Si are reported. From the results, it is possible to determine the chemical shift and exchange interaction energy of a neutral Mg donor in Si. The position of the 1 s ( E ), 1 s ( T _2), and 2 s ( A _1) parastates determines the possibility for attaining population inversion and the specific mechanism of stimulated Raman scattering. The energy of the 1 s ( T _2) parastate is determined from the position of the Fano resonances in the photoconductivity spectrum of Si:Mg at T = 4 K, and the energies of the 1 s ( T _2) and 1 s ( E ) orthostates from the transmittance spectra at elevated temperatures. On the basis of the experimental data, the relaxation rates are estimated, and the possible mechanisms of stimulated emission are analyzed.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document