Boron oxide laser with CF.sub.4 additive

Details Boron oxide laser with CF.sub.4 additive Boron oxide laser with CF.sub.4 additive

1989-01-23

1990-05-08

Sikes, William L.

Coherent light generators

Particular pumping means

Chemical

372 55, H01S 3095

Patent

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049244752

ABSTRACT:
A laser having a gain medium which includes boron oxide (BO) is shown to have an increased optical power output and to achieve other benefits from the addition of carbon tetrafluoride (CF.sub.4) to the gain medium. CF.sub.4, when mixed with BO, induces a vibrational relaxation of a BO(A.sup.2 .pi.) population to a single vibrational level without a significant quenching of the BO(A.sup.2 .pi.) state. The rate of vibrational relaxation induced by the CF.sub.4 additive occurs in an interval of time which is less than that associated with the radiative decay and quenching of the BO(A.sup.2 .pi.) state.

REFERENCES:
Sinha, S.; "Theoretical Investigation of Superfluorescent Emission from an Optically Pumped CF.sub.4 Gas Column"; J. of Applied Physics (Nov. 1, 1988) vol. 64, No. 9; pp. 4293-4300.
Patterson et al; "Modeling the CF.sub.4 Laser"; Los Alamos Conference on Optics '81; pp. 209-216 of 624 pages.
Eckhardt et al; "CF.sub.4 Laser Oscillator-Amplifier Measurements: Small Signal Gain and Self-Absorption"; Opt. Lett. (Apr. 1979) v. 4(4) pp. 112-114.

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