Continuous wave chemically pumped atomic iodine laser
US4267526A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 13, 1979 |
| Grant date | May 12, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 13, 1999 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/2215
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
CW laser action achieved on the .sup.2P 178-.sup.2P 3/2 transition of the iodine atom by energy transfer from the .sup.1 .DELTA. metastable state of O.sub.2. The effluent from a conventional oxygen generator was mixed with molecular iodine at the entrance of a longitudinal flow laser cavity where the I.sub.2 was dissociated by a small amount of O.sub.2 (.sup.1 .SIGMA.) that was present in the flow due to energy pooling processes. The measured output power was greater than 4mW.
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