Patent ID: 6434174
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: H01S

Abstract:
A repetitively pulsed chemical oxygen-iodine laser, comprising:a resonant cavity defined by a pair of optically aligned reflecting surfaces; a laser medium situated within said resonant cavity, said lasing medium being in the form of a flowing mixture of excited oxygen and iodine atoms, and said flowing mixture of oxygen and iodine producing a laser action within said resonant cavity resulting in a laser beam being output therefrom; and means situated within said resonant cavity for controlling absorption within said resonant cavity in order to pulse said laser beam output, said absorption controlling means including means for producing iodine atoms within an absorption region and means operably associated with said iodine atoms within said absorption region for providing a controllable magnetic field in communication therewith; wherein application of said magnetic field produces transparency within said absorption region and induces said pulsed laser beam output.