Repetitively pulsed Q-switched chemical oxygen-iodine laser
US6434174B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 7, 1985 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/2215
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A repetitively pulsed chemical oxygen-iodine laser having a resonant cavity containing a lasing medium in the form of a flowing mixture of excited oxygen and iodine atoms and an iodine absorption region within the resonant cavity. The iodine absorption region includes a source of iodine atoms and a magnetic field associated therewith. Selectively altering the magnetic field results in changing the absorption characteristics of the iodine atoms and therefore effectively pulses the output of the laser.
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