Patent ID: 6459717
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: H01S

Abstract:
A continuous wave all gas phase iodine laser comprised ofa. a subsonic flow device having gas flow from an upstream section to a downstream section; b. a source of fluorine gas injected into the upstream section of said flow device; c. a source of deuterium chloride (DCl) gas injected downstream of said fluorine gas; d. a source of hydrogen iodide (HI) gas injected downstream of said DCl; e. a source of hydrogen azide (HN3) gas injected downstream of said HI gas; and f. an optical resonator intersecting said flow device downstream of said HN3 gas, whereby the transformation of the fluorine, DCl, HI, and HN3 gas phase chemical reagents generates 1.315 &mgr;m laser radiation within said optical resonator.