Gain and continuous-wave laser power enhancement with a secondary discharge to predissociate molecular iodine in an electric oxygen-iodine laser

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Benavides, G F ^a   Zimmerman, J W ^b   Woodard, B S ^b   Carroll, D L ^a   Verdeyen, J T ^a   Field, T H ^a   Palla, A D ^a   Solomon, W C ^b  

^a CU AEROSPACE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENERGY TRANSFER; HELIUM; IODINE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

ELECTRIC OXYGEN-IODINE LASER; MOLECULAR IODINE; POWER ENHANCEMENT; SECONDARY DISCHARGE;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 38849093398     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2839323     Document Type: Article

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