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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
William E McDermott, Albuquerque, NM (US);
David J Benard, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Nicholas R Pchelkin, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Ronald R Bousek, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
331 / ;
Abstract
CW laser action achieved on the .sup.2P 178-.sup.2P 3/2 transition of the iodine atom by energy transfer from the .sup.1 .DELTA. metastable state of O.sub.2. The effluent from a conventional oxygen generator was mixed with molecular iodine at the entrance of a longitudinal flow laser cavity where the I.sub.2 was dissociated by a small amount of O.sub.2 (.sup.1 .SIGMA.) that was present in the flow due to energy pooling processes. The measured output power was greater than 4mW.