Studies of CW laser oscillation on the 1315-nm transition of atomic iodine pumped by O2 (a1 Δ) produced in an electric discharge

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1309-1318

  Carroll, David L ^a   Verdeyen, Joseph T ^a   King, Darren M ^a   Zimmerman, Joseph W ^a   Laystrom, Julia K ^a   Woodard, Brian S ^b   Benavides, Gabriel E ^b   Richardson, Nathan R ^b   Kittell, Kirk W ^b   Solomon, Wayne C ^b  

^a CU AEROSPACE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL); Electric discharge oxygen iodine laser; ElectriCOIL; Radio frequency (RF) excitation of oxygen; Singlet delta oxygen

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; GAS LASERS; MIRRORS; PUMPING (LASER); TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN IODINE LASER (COIL); ELECTRIC DISCHARGE OXYGEN IODINE LASER; LASER OSCILLATION; SINGLET DELTA OXYGEN;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 26844576295     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.854316     Document Type: Article

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