Intense laser generation from an atomic-fluorine laser
Abstract
An intensive generation of radiation from a discharge-pumped atomic-fluorine gas laser is reported. A peak power exceeding 330 kW and a total energy of more than 2 mJ is obtained for a number of lines in the red, using a NF3:He(1:100) gas mixture at total pressure of 500 Torr. The circuitry optimization is described and the conditions for effective operation of the atomic-fluorine laser are discussed. The temporal and the spectral characteristics of the laser emission are also presented.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics B Photophysics Laser Chemistry
- Pub Date:
- April 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984ApPPL..33..235K
- Keywords:
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- Fluorine;
- Gas Lasers;
- Gas Mixtures;
- High Power Lasers;
- Lasing;
- Emission Spectra;
- Helium;
- Laser Materials;
- Line Spectra;
- Oscillographs;
- Lasers and Masers