STUDY OF THE SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THE OUTPUT COUPLING OF PULSE OPTICALLY PUMPED CAVITY SMMW LASER

The miniaturization of OPFIRL plays an important role in application of this new wavelength range of electromagnetic wave, especially in that of spaceflight where efficiency and miniature are emphasized.[1][8] So it is important to optimize the operating parameters of OPFIRL. This article will start with density matrix equations, then calculate the FIR output power density under different operating conditions by means of iteration calculation. And then parameters of the laser will be changed in order to study it's spectral characteristic of the FIR laser. We found that, working under the optimum operating gas pressure, FIR output power varies with the output coupling of the cavity OPFIRL. There is an optimum value of reflection coefficient R(o) of the output window which makes the output FIR power denity and spectral characteristic of miniature OPFIRL optimum.