NASA NTRS · 19820000144
Sunlight-Pumped Laser
Abstract
Organic iodide gas is stimulated by portion of Sun's spectrum to emit laser light. Chopper forms pulses from beam of Xenon-Arc light. Chopper is only necessary to avoid buildup of laser-quenching species in sealed tube of present experiment. Perfluoropropyliodide lasing medium functions at temperatures of about 670 K, a fact that reduces cooling requirements in space.
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Weaver, W. R. J., Lee, J. H.. 1982-03-01. Sunlight-Pumped Laser. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19820000144
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