Continuous wave 16. mu. CF/sub 4/ laser

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.1983.1071748· OSTI ID:5051303

Telle, J

A 16 ..mu.. CF/sub 4/ laser oscillator has operated continuous wave in a cooled static cell. Pump powers required from the low-pressure continuous wave CO/sub 2/ laser were approximately 3 W. The laser cavity was a multiple-pass off-axis-path two-mirror ring resonator. Unidirectional CF/sub 4/ laser power at 615 cm/sup -1/ 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.

• Research Organization: Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
• OSTI ID: 5051303
• Journal Information: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States), Vol. 19:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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