Demonstration of a wavelength selected optically pumped HBr laser

被引：2

作者：

Koen, Wayne ^{[1
]}

Jacobs, Cobus ^{[1
]}

Bollig, Christoph ^{[1
]}

Strauss, Hencharl J. ^{[1
]}

Botha, Lourens L. ^{[1
]}

Esser, M. J. Daniel ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CSIR, Natl Laser Ctr, ZA-0001 Pretoria, South Africa

来源：

TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPTICAL COUNTERMEASURES IX | 2012年 / 8543卷

关键词：

optically pumped molecular lasers; HBr; tuning; mid-IR;

D O I：

10.1117/12.974710

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

A tunable optically pumped HBr laser has been demonstrated for the first time. As pump source for the HBr oscillator, we developed a single-frequency Ho:YLF laser- amplifier system which was locked to the 2064 nm absorption line of HBr. Through the implementation of an intra-cavity diffraction grating, laser oscillation was demonstrated on nineteen molecular transition lines including both the R-branch (3870 nm to 4015 nm) and the P-branch (4070 nm to 4453 nm). The highest output energy for the given input energy was 2.4 mJ at 4133 nm.

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