A kinetic model for a solar-pumped iodine laser

Good agreement between the theoretical predictions and the experimental data is found for a flashlamp-pumped iodine laser for different fill pressures and different lasants (i-C₃F₇I, n-C₄F₉I, and t-C₄F₉I). The following loss mechanisms of the laser output power have been identified: a relatively large amount of initial molecular iodine in the fill gas and laser light scattering as a function of pressure.