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I had been thinking about CO2 lasers and the YAL-1 the other day when I was sitting in front of a bonfire and it occurred to me that there must be some stimulated emissions type of thing going on in the fire. So I thought why not put some ZnSe optics around a flame of some kind and use the energy already imparted to the molecules as a pump. Well, apparently I am not the first to come up with this idea.
Flame pumping and infrared maser action in CO2
So, apparently this has already been done and terrific output powers can be achieved. If there is anyone out there in EDU, I imagine this would be a good read as I can't afford to purchase the full article. :thinking: It is possible that much of the heat felt when standing next to a large fire is from 10.6um emission of the CO2 molecules. Would a standard diffraction grating even work at this frequency? If so, how would you even "see" an emission line at this low of a wavelength? Just a few thoughts in the hope that this gets someone else's brain out there working.:thanks:
Flame pumping and infrared maser action in CO2
So, apparently this has already been done and terrific output powers can be achieved. If there is anyone out there in EDU, I imagine this would be a good read as I can't afford to purchase the full article. :thinking: It is possible that much of the heat felt when standing next to a large fire is from 10.6um emission of the CO2 molecules. Would a standard diffraction grating even work at this frequency? If so, how would you even "see" an emission line at this low of a wavelength? Just a few thoughts in the hope that this gets someone else's brain out there working.:thanks: