Experimental study on an all gas-phase iodine laser using microwave discharge of Cl2/He as a Cl atoms source

Shukai Tang; Liping Duo; Yuqi Jin; Haijun Yu; Jian Wang; Fengting Sang

doi:10.1364/ao.45.007126

Experimental study on an all gas-phase iodine laser using microwave discharge of Cl2/He as a Cl atoms source

Appl Opt. 2006 Sep 20;45(27):7126-30. doi: 10.1364/ao.45.007126.

Authors

Shukai Tang¹, Liping Duo, Yuqi Jin, Haijun Yu, Jian Wang, Fengting Sang

Affiliation

¹ Short Wavelength Chemical Laser Laboratory, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. shukaitang@hotmail.com

PMID: 16946792
DOI: 10.1364/ao.45.007126

Abstract

Microwave discharge of a Cl2/He mixture as a simple, clean and efficient Cl atom generator was used for an all gas-phase iodine laser study. Sufficient NCl(a1Delta) was produced through the reaction of HN3+2Cl-->NCl(a1Delta)+HCl+N2. The energy transfer reaction of I(2P3/2)+NCl(a1Delta)-->I(2P1/2)+NCl(X3Sigma) was observed. A population inversion was observed directly by using a 1315 nm tunable diode laser by scanning the entire line shape of the (3,4) hyperfine transition of iodine, and a small signal gain of 5x10(-5) cm-1 was obtained.