High repetition rate CH4 laser
Abstract
A 16-μm CF4 laser oscillator has operated at 1 kHz in a cooled static cell. Pump energies required from the low pressure, Q-switched, cw discharge CO2 laser were as low as 60 μJ. The laser cavity employed a multiple-pass off-axis path resonator in a ring configuration. CF4 laser power at 615 cm‑1 and a 1-kHz repetition rate exceeded 300 μW.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
- Pub Date:
- March 1982
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1982IJIMW...3..153T
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Fluorocarbons;
- Infrared Lasers;
- Laser Pumping;
- Methane;
- Organic Lasers;
- Laser Cavities;
- Laser Outputs;
- Q Switched Lasers;
- Thermal Blooming;
- Lasers and Masers;
- CF<SUB>4</SUB> laser;
- 16-μm laser