Submillimeterhyphen;wave laser operating in a passiveQhyphen;switched intracavity pump mode

摘要

Pulsed operation of submillimeter gas lasers was achieved with the laser gas inside the resonator of the CO2pump laser acting as a saturable absorber for passiveQswitching the CO2laser. With a metalhyphen;oxydehyphen;metal whisker detector 1ndash;5hyphen;mgr;shyphen;wide pulses could be detected at 118, 373, and 496 mgr;m wavelength.