An excimer laser pumped atomic iodine laser emitting pulses in the range of 2-12 ns
Abstract
An iodine photodissociation laser is pumped with a laser pulse from a XeCl or a KrF laser. Single smooth laser pulses with a duration variable from 2.6 to 12 ns are emitted by the iodine laser. A pulse power of 0.5 MW is obtained with diffraction limited beam divergence.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- April 1981
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1981OptCo..37..123F
- Keywords:
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- Excimer Lasers;
- Iodine Lasers;
- Laser Pumping;
- Ultrashort Pulsed Lasers;
- Laser Cavities;
- Photodissociation;
- Pulse Duration;
- Rare Gas-Halide Lasers;
- Lasers and Masers