Tuning characteristics of an optically pumped CF 4 laser
Abstract
The operation of a 16 μm pulsed CF 4 laser optically pumped by a fine-tuned, frequency-narrowed, high-power CO 2 laser is reported. Seventeen emission lines, between 612 and 654 cm -1, have been observed with pulse energies ranging from few hundreds μJ to several mJ.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- August 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0030-4018(82)90282-6
- Bibcode:
- 1982OptCo..42..431C
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Gas Lasers;
- Infrared Lasers;
- Optical Pumping;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Tuning;
- Carbon Compounds;
- Emission Spectra;
- Fluorides;
- Frequency Control;
- High Power Lasers;
- Laser Outputs;
- Line Spectra;
- Resonant Frequencies;
- Lasers and Masers