Double-discharge copper vapor laser with copper chloride as a lasant
- 1 November 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 23 (9) , 514-515
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654980
Abstract
A copper vapor laser utilizing copper chloride as a lasant in a heated discharge tube has been studied. The lasing action was observed only when two successive discharge current pulses at suitable time intervals were applied. The first pulse is considered to be a dissociation pulse to produce copper and chlorine atoms; the second to be a pumping pulse to produce population inversion. The maximum energy density measured to date was 17 μJ/cm3.Keywords
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