Abstract
A method is reported which allows the operation of optically pumped farinfrared (FIR) gas lasers in a simple way: A spectrophone is used to control and to stabilize the pump laser frequency in order to achieve most efficient optical pumping of the FIR laser gas.
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Busse, G., Basel, E. & Pfaller, A. Application of the opto-acoustic effect to the operation of optically pumped far-infrared gas lasers. Appl. Phys. 12, 387–389 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00886042
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