Scalable overtone HF chemical laser
US4760582A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 11, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/0953
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A chemically driven HF overtone laser operates from either thermal or electrical dissociation of a molecular gas containing fluorine. Significant output powers are produced from .DELTA.v=2 vibrational transitions. Free F atoms produced by both thermal and electrical dissociation techniques are reacted with a molecular gas containing hydrogen to produce excited HF molecules. Overtone transitions, i.e., .DELTA.v=2 transitions are preferentially depleted by both optical enhancement and preinjection techniques to produce overtone laser transitions.
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