A longitudinally pumped oxygen-iodine chemical laser
Abstract
A longitudinally pumped oxygen-iodine chemical laser, characterized by minimum single oxygen losses during its transfer from the reactor to the resonator, is investigated theoretically. The existence of a maximum gain per pass, depending on the pumping rate, is demonstrated. It is shown that oxygen pressure does not have an explicit effect on the amplification and lasing efficiency. For a single-module device with realistic parameters, operation with net resonator losses of about 10 percent and a resonator efficiency of 50 percent or greater is shown to be possible.
- Publication:
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Kvantovaia Elektronika Moscow
- Pub Date:
- September 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989KvanE..16.1770Z
- Keywords:
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- Chemical Lasers;
- Iodine Lasers;
- Optical Pumping;
- Oxygen;
- Efficiency;
- Gas Dissociation;
- Gas Pressure;
- Laser Beams;
- Molecular Excitation;
- Optical Resonators;
- Lasers and Masers