The hollow-cathode helium-fluorine laser

1 January 1980

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics

Vol. 51 (1) , 123-129
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.327405

Abstract

It is possible to obtain uniform stable long‐pulse excitation (?100 μs) in gas mixtures involving highly electronegative constituents (SF₆, CCl₄, NF₃, and I₂). Such a system was used to investigate the atomic fluorine laser. In the hollow cathode, lasing on fluorine transitions in the doublet system lasted for up to 80 μs with no signs of the self‐termination as reported previously in positive‐column devices. The excitation process of the laser appears to depend heavily upon the fluorine donor utilized. For instance, a single‐step process is involved when NF₃ is used whereas a two‐step process is evident for SF₆. The details will be discussed.

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