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OPTICAL PUMPING [3 records]

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Record 1 2024-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers
  • Optics
DEF

The process of causing strong deviations from thermal equilibrium populations of selected quantized states of different energy in atomic or molecular systems by the use of optical radiation ....

DEF

the excitation of the lasing medium by the application of light rather than electrical discharge from anode and cathode.

CONT

Optical pumping is vital for light amplification by stimulated emission in an important class of lasers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers
  • Optique
DEF

(...) procédé qui permet de changer d'une manière appréciable les valeurs des populations des états quantifiés des atomes, des molécules et des ions (...). On peut ainsi créer une distribution de population très différente de la distribution d'équilibre thermique (...)

CONT

Le pompage optique (...) consiste à soumettre la substance à l'action de radiations monochromatiques (...)

CONT

(...) le pompage optique peut conduire dans certains dispositifs au déclenchement de l'effet maser (...) ou de l'effet laser (...)

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers
DEF

Méthode mise au point par Alfred Kastler permettant de modifier les états d'énergie des atomes en rompant l'équilibre thermique de Boltzmann. Le semi-conducteur est éclairé par une source lumineuse.

Spanish

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