title: Solid-state vibrational laser-KBr:CN(-).
abstract: Laser oscillation at 2054 cm(-1) has been observed from a vibrational transition of the CN(-) molecule doped into KBr host crystals. At sufficiently large CN(-) concentrations, population inversion between the nu = 2 and nu= 1 vibrational levels is created by optical pumping of the 0 ? 1 transition followed by an efficient vibrational-energy exchange process.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tkach
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Gosnell
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sievers