@article{a397bbd57ba846e99d6a21dc461938ea,
title = "Gain and continuous-wave laser power enhancement with a secondary discharge to predissociate molecular iodine in an electric oxygen-iodine laser",
abstract = "Herein the authors report on the demonstration of a 50% enhancement in gain and 38% enhancement in continuous-wave laser power on the 1315 nm transition of atomic iodine through the addition of a secondary discharge to predissociate the molecular iodine in an electric oxygen-iodine laser. In the primary discharge the O2 (a Δ1) is produced by a radio-frequency-excited electric discharge sustained in an O2 -He-NO gas mixture, and I (P 12 2) is then pumped using energy transferred from O2 (a Δ1). A gain of 0.10% cm-1 was obtained and the total laser output power was 6.2 W.",
author = "Benavides, {G. F.} and Zimmerman, {J. W.} and Woodard, {B. S.} and Carroll, {D. L.} and Verdeyen, {J. T.} and Field, {T. H.} and Palla, {A. D.} and Solomon, {W. C.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) through the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USA SMDC). The authors gratefully thank B. Otey (USA SMDC); W. T. Rawlins and S. J. Davis (Physical Sciences Inc.); M. C. Heaven (Emory Univ.); J. Kotora and D. Podolski (MDA); and G. W. Sutton (Sparta Inc.). They would also like to thank D. M. King and J. K. Laystrom for their technical assistance.",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1063/1.2839323",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "92",
journal = "Applied Physics Letters",
issn = "0003-6951",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Publising LLC",
number = "4",
}