@inproceedings{41476c38219142409010f63b54b49aba,
title = "Hybrid ElectricOIL discharge, gain, and power enhancements",
abstract = "Recent experiments have led to improvements in the hybrid Electric Oxygen-Iodine Laser (ElectricOIL) system that significantly increased the discharge performance, supersonic cavity gain, and laser power output. The continuous wave laser operating on the I(2P1/2) → I(2P3/2) transition of atomic iodine at 1315 nm was pumped by the production of O2(a1Δ) in a radio-frequency discharge in an O2/He/NO gas mixture. Molecular iodine was injected into the active oxygen flow from the electric discharge and expanded through a supersonic cavity to lower the gas mixture temperature and shift the atomic iodine equilibrium in favor of the I(2P1/2) state. Greater than 30% of the discharge power is now being coupled into the active oxygen gas flow, a gain of 0.067% cm-1, and a laser power of 4.5 Watts were measured. Modeling with the BLAZE-IV model is in good agreement with data.",
author = "Benavides, {G. F.} and Palla, {A. D.} and King, {D. M.} and Carroll, {D. L.} and Verdeyen, {J. T.} and Laystrom, {J. K.} and Field, {T. H.} and Zimmerman, {J. W.} and Woodard, {B. S.} and Solomon, {W. C.}",
year = "2007",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "1563479001",
series = "Collection of Technical Papers - 38th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference",
pages = "1281--1291",
booktitle = "Collection of Technical Papers - 38th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference",
note = "38th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference ; Conference date: 25-06-2007 Through 28-06-2007",
}