Patent ID: 9583908
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H01S

Claim:
1. A pulsed iodine laser apparatus comprising: a flashlamp-pumped iodine laser oscillator which produces a laser pulse with a full pulse width of 1 microsecond or longer; and an iodine laser amplifier which employs a singlet oxygen generator and amplifies the laser pulse; wherein the iodine laser amplifier has a gas tank which contains chlorine gas, a gas tank which contains iodine molecules, and a controller which controls a timing of injecting the chlorine gas into the singlet oxygen generator, and a timing of injecting the iodine molecules into a chamber of the iodine laser amplifier; and wherein the timing of injecting the iodine molecules into the chamber is delayed from the timing of injecting the chlorine gas into the singlet oxygen generator.