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Based on the theory of molecular vibration relaxation, the model of buffer gas effect was built up. By theoretically deducing the vibrational lower-level deactivation rate of operating gas molecule with quantum mechanics, the selection rules of high-efficient buffer gas under different working conditions were educed and tested by experiments. The results could be helpful to the study of large-power wide-range efficient tunable miniature pulsed optically pumped submillimeter wave laser and its application.
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Xun, Z., Ping, Z., Weibin, C. et al. A Quantum-Mechanical Explanation of Buffer Gas Effect on Submillimeter Wave Laser. International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves 24, 1101–1111 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024708816455
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