Development of Continuous Visible Chemical Laser Amplifiers and Oscillators fromthe Na3-X(C1,Br,I) Reactions and Their Analogs and Energy Transfer Pumping from Efficiently Produced Metastable States

摘要

Visible chemical laser amplifiers have been generated employing the highlyefficient and selective formation of sodium dimer electronically excited states from the sodium trimer-halogen atom (x = Cl,Br,I) reactions. Optical gain through stimulated emission has been demonstrated in select regions close to 527, 492, and 460 nm. With a focus to increasing amplifier gain length and amplifying medium concentration, a newly configured device creates intersecting alkali and halogen sheaths which form the basis for the creation of visible chemical laser oscillators. This device has now revealed the first Raman pumping due purely to chemical reaction in the absence of an external light source. Extrapolations on