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16µm laser; CF₄ laser; optically pumped molecular gas laser

The design and the operational characteristics of a CO₂ laser pumped CF₄ laser developed at BARC are reported. Output energies of up to 20 mJ have been obtained at 615 cm⁻¹ with an absorbed energy conversion efficiency of 10%.

P K Gupta¹ V P Singhal¹ N S Shikarkhane¹ S Sinha¹ S Sasikumar¹ U Nundy¹ U K Chatterjee¹

1. Laser Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay - 400 085, India

Published

March 1990

Manuscript received

23 October 1989