Continuous wave 16-micron CF4 laser
Abstract
A 16-micron CF4 laser oscillator has operated continuous wave in a cooled static cell. Pump powers required from the low-pressure continuous wave CO2 laser were approximately 3 W. The laser cavity was a multiple pass off-axis-path two-mirror ring resonator. Unidirectional CF4 laser power at 615/cm exceeded 2 mW. Rate equations were used to estimate scaling of this laser source. For modest pump powers (40 W) approximately 1 W of emission power is predicted from this small and simple system.
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Pub Date:
- October 1983
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1983IJQE...19.1469T
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Tetrafluoride;
- Continuous Wave Lasers;
- Gas Lasers;
- Infrared Lasers;
- Laser Outputs;
- Laser Pumping;
- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Laser Cavities;
- Low Pressure;
- Optical Resonators;
- Lasers and Masers