New TEA-lasers based onD‧→A‧ transitions in halogen monofluoride compounds: ClF (284.4 nm), BrF (354.5 nm), IF (490.8 nm)
Abstract
As an outcome of a systematic study of excitation kinetics and fluorescence spectra concerning the D'(3π2 u )→ A'(3π2 g ) transitions in homonuclear diatomic halogens and corresponding transitions in interhalogen molecules [1], this paper describes, for the first time, TEA laser action in the three halogen monofluorides ClF, BrF, and IF. Output energies in the mJ range were demonstrated in a fast TEA discharge arrangement at the wavelengths of 284.4, 354.5, and 490.8 nm for ClF, BrF, and IF, respectively. The results suggest parameter scalability and wavelength tunability.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 1980
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1980ApPhy..23..283D
- Keywords:
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- Electron Transitions;
- Fluorides;
- Halogen Compounds;
- Iodine Lasers;
- Tea Lasers;
- Ultraviolet Lasers;
- Bromine Compounds;
- Chlorine Fluorides;
- Fluorescence;
- Gas Lasers;
- Laser Materials;
- Optical Transition;
- Lasers and Masers;
- PACS 42.55 - 42.80 - 33;
- 42.55;
- 42.80;
- 33