Discharge pumped F 2 laser at 1580 Å
Abstract
By pumping mixtures of F 2 and He in a fast UV-preionized discharge we have obtained laser emission at 1578 Å, probably stemming from the 3Π 2g → 3Π 2u transition in molecular fluorine. Observed energy is 8.5 mJ in pulses of 15 ns half-width. First experimental results on laser performance and scalability are given.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- January 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0030-4018(79)90179-2
- Bibcode:
- 1979OptCo..28..104P
- Keywords:
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- Fluorine;
- Gas Discharges;
- Gas Lasers;
- Laser Outputs;
- Lasing;
- Ultraviolet Lasers;
- Far Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Gas Mixtures;
- Helium;
- Laser Cavities;
- Molecular Excitation;
- Lasers and Masers