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Experimental investigation of internal losses in iodine lasers pumped by ultraviolet radiation from an open high-current discharge

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
An experimental investigation was made of the internal losses in photodissociation iodine lasers. It was found that refraction losses are the dominant ones, the loss coefficient due to refraction in the laser investigated being (2--6) x 10/sup -4/ cm/sup -1/, while that representing volume absorption of the radiation in the active region was less than 10/sup -4/ cm/sup -1/. The possibilities are discussed for reducing the internal losses in iodine lasers.
Research Organization:
P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
OSTI ID:
6340526
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 10:12; ISSN SJQEA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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