Abstract

A 16-μm CF₄ laser oscillator has operated at 1 kHz in a cooled static cell. Pump energies required from the low-pressure, Q-switched, cw-discharge CO₂ laser were as low as 60 μJ. The laser cavity was a multiple-pass off-axis-path two-mirror resonator in a ring configuration. CF₄ laser power at 615 cm⁻¹ and a 1-kHz repetition rate exceeded 300 μW.

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Isotopically pumped isotopic CF₄ laser

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