Apparatus and Method for Generating Continuous Wave 16 .mu.m Laser Radiation Using Gaseous CF.sub. 4
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Download or read book Apparatus and Method for Generating Continuous Wave 16 .mu.m Laser Radiation Using Gaseous CF.sub. 4 written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apparatus and method for generating continuous wave 16 .mu.m laser radiation using gaseous CF.sub. 4. Laser radiation at 16 .mu.m has been observed in a cooled static cell containing low pressure CF.sub. 4 optically pumped by an approximately 3 W output power cw CO.sub. 2 laser. The laser cavity employed was a multiple-pass off-axis-path two spherical mirror ring resonator. Unidirectional CF.sub. 4 laser output power at 615 cm.sup.-1 exceeded 2 mW. Computer calculations indicate that for modest pump powers of about 40 W, approximately 1 W of emitted laser radiation at 16 .mu.m might be obtained.
