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Lawandy, N. M.

Publications and source records attributed to Lawandy, N. M..

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NASA NTRS1978

Temperature dependence of optically dumped far-infrared (FIR) laser output power

The temperature dependence of the small signal gain and saturation power are derived using temperature-dependent rates in a four-level model. An expression is developed for the output power of a far-infrared oscillator as a function of temperature for both fixed pressure and fixed density. The results are valid in the regime of homogeneous broadening of the rotational transition and Doppler broadening of the pump transition. It is shown that, for most lasers, both the small signal gain and the saturation power decrease with increasing temperature. These effects have the overall result of increasing output power with decreasing temperatures.

Lawandy, N. M.↗

NASA NTRS1978

Photon reflection at the boundary of an inverted medium

The index change near a quantum transition is shown to cause significant feedback into a gain medium. Criteria are given for the onset of self-lasing in an extended material. The distortion of a reflected pulse is also considered.

Lawandy, N. M.↗

NASA NTRS1978

Anomalous dispersion and the pumping of far infrared (FIR) lasers

It is shown that the anomalous dispersion at the pump transition in molecular far-infrared lasers (FIR) can lead to sizable focusing and defocusing effects. Criteria for beam spreading and trapping are considered with CH2F as an example.

Lawandy, N. M.↗

NASA NTRS1978

Approximate analytic solutions for the optical pumping of fluorescent dyes

A general technique for solving a system of rate equations describing the interaction of an electromagnetic field and a molecular system is presented. The method is used to obtain approximate time-dependent solutions for the upper-level population of fluorescent dyes in the presence of a pump field.

Lawandy, N. M.↗