An electronic transition chemical laser
- 15 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 32 (8) , 469-470
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.90088
Abstract
Cw laser action was achieved on the 2P1/2→2P3/2 transition of the iodine atom by energy transfer from the 1Δ metastable state of O2. The excited oxygen was generated chemically by flowing chlorine gas through a basic solution of 90% H2O2. The effluent from the oxygen generator was mixed with molecular iodine at the entrance of a longitudinal flow laser cavity where the I2 was dissociated by a small amount of O2(1Σ) that was present in the flow due to energy pooling processes. The measured output power was greater than 4 mW.Keywords
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