Visualization of intensified IR images in a nonlinear interaction of beams in saturable amplifiers
Zemskov K. I., Kazaryan M. A., Petrash G. G.
A new method for visualizing IR images is proposed, and an implementation is reported. This method makes use of an interaction of light in a medium with two coupled transitions. An intensified image of IR objects has been obtained with a manganese vapor amplifier in green light.