Design of a compact cw chemical HF/DF laser using a microwave discharge
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 50 (6) , 708-713
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1135922
Abstract
A compact cw chemical HF/DF laser is described. The laser system consists of a microwave discharge using a surfatron to dissociate SF6 molecules mixed with He, a reaction chamber engineered to provide a fast mixing of reacting atoms and molecules, and an optical resonator which includes a concave mirror and a blazed grating for line selection, both mounted on a rigid Invar frame. The laser oscillates on a single line single TEM00 mode over many P transitions of HF and DF with a typical intensity fluctuation of 5% and a frequency jitter of about 30 MHz.Keywords
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