A potential atomic iodine laser pumped by electrically generated 1Delta oxygen
Abstract
Singlet 1Delta oxygen could be generated in an electron-beam controlled discharge with a concentration large enough to permit a laser effect after mixing with iodine. Various collision processes of electrons with 1Delta molecules limit their density. It is not certain that the selected value of E/N (electric field over gas density) is permitted by discharge stability. The laser operation could require mixing at a temperature slightly lower than room temperature.
- Publication:
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ONERA
- Pub Date:
- 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980gfcl.conf.....F
- Keywords:
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- Electric Generators;
- Iodine Lasers;
- Laser Pumping;
- Lasing;
- Monatomic Gases;
- Oxygen;
- Collision Parameters;
- Electric Fields;
- Electron Scattering;
- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Gas Density;
- Laser Outputs;
- Particle Collisions;
- Room Temperature;
- Lasers and Masers