Enhancement of electric oxygen-iodine laser performance using larger mode volume resonators

Brian S. Woodard; Gabriel F. Benavides; Joseph W. Zimmerman; David L. Carroll; Andrew D. Palla; Michael T. Day; Joseph T. Verdeyen; Wayne C. Solomon

doi:10.1364/OL.35.001611

Enhancement of electric oxygen-iodine laser performance using larger mode volume resonators

Brian S. Woodard, Gabriel F. Benavides, Joseph W. Zimmerman, David L. Carroll, Andrew D. Palla, Michael T. Day, Joseph T. Verdeyen, Wayne C. Solomon

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Herein the authors report on the demonstration of an 87% enhancement in cw laser power on the 1315 nm transition of atomic iodine via a 100% increase in the resonator mode volume. O₂(a¹Δ) is produced by a single rf-excited electric discharge sustained in an O₂-He-NO gas mixture flowing through a rectangular geometry, and I(²P _1/2) is then pumped using energy transferred from O ₂(a¹Δ). A total laser output power of 102.5 W was obtained using a Z-pass resonator configuration.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1611-1613
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	35
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.001611
State	Published - May 15 2010

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