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A Continuous Wave Atomic Bromine Laser Produced By Photolysis Of Iodine Monobromide, Brian A. Smith
A Continuous Wave Atomic Bromine Laser Produced By Photolysis Of Iodine Monobromide, Brian A. Smith
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An apparatus to generate continuous wave (CW) lasing at 2.714 µm by Br(2P1/2) atoms produced from photodissociation of IBr was designed, constructed and tested. A frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser firing 8 ns, 850 mJ pulses at 532 nm was used to photodissociate static IBr vapor inside a flow nozzle. The CaF2 windows on either side of the nozzle proved to have a damage threshold below the threshold for lasing. Pulsed lasing in static mode was not observed. Therefore, CW lasing in flow mode, using an Ar+ laser at 488 nm, could not be investigated.