Laser threshold of 100 solar constants achieved. Using two xenon-arc solar simulators, lasing achieved with pentafluoroethyl iodide, a new alkyl iodide, at laser threshold of only 100 solar constants. Solar laser had lowest threshold observed to date. Output power and energy 350 mW and 45 mJ.
Low-Threshold, Solar-Pumped C2F5I Laser
NASA Tech Briefs ; 12 , 5
1988-05-01
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English
NTRS | 1966
|Solar-pumped laser Final report
NTRS | 1965
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AIAA | 1981
|Solar-Pumped Laser Final Report
NTIS | 1965
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