Experimental investigation of the atomic fluorine laser
Abstract
The atomic fluorine laser, as produced by a fast pulsed discharge in He-NF3 mixtures, is investigated experimentally. Total collisional quenching rates of He (2 3S) on NF3, BF3, CBrF3, CClF3, CHF3, CF4, C2F6, CO2, SF6, and N2 are reported. Upper limits for collisional quenching rates of He (2 1S), (2 3P) and (2 1P) atoms on NF3 are determined. It is concluded that energy transfer from excited neutral He to NF3 is not the primary pumping mechanism in the He-NF3 atomic fluorine laser.
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Pub Date:
- July 1979
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1979IJQE...15..609L
- Keywords:
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- Chemical Lasers;
- Fluorine;
- Gas Lasers;
- Quenching (Atomic Physics);
- Atomic Energy Levels;
- Energy Transfer;
- Gas Mixtures;
- Helium;
- Nitrogen Fluorides;
- Lasers and Masers