Gain and continuous-wave laser power enhancement with a secondary discharge to predissociate molecular iodine in an electric oxygen-iodine laser
GF Benavides, JW Zimmerman, BS Woodard… - Applied Physics …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
Herein the authors report on the demonstration of a 50% enhancement in gain and 38%
enhancement in continuous-wave laser power on the 1315 nm transition of atomic iodine
through the addition of a secondary discharge to predissociate the molecular iodine in an
electric oxygen-iodine laser. In the primary discharge the O 2 (a Δ 1) is produced by a radio-
frequency-excited electric discharge sustained in an O 2–He–NO gas mixture, and I (P 1∕ 2
2) is then pumped using energy transferred from O 2 (a Δ 1). A gain of 0.10% cm− 1 was …
enhancement in continuous-wave laser power on the 1315 nm transition of atomic iodine
through the addition of a secondary discharge to predissociate the molecular iodine in an
electric oxygen-iodine laser. In the primary discharge the O 2 (a Δ 1) is produced by a radio-
frequency-excited electric discharge sustained in an O 2–He–NO gas mixture, and I (P 1∕ 2
2) is then pumped using energy transferred from O 2 (a Δ 1). A gain of 0.10% cm− 1 was …