Optically pumped tunable HBr laser in the mid-infrared region

Wayne Koen; Cobus Jacobs; Christoph Bollig; Hencharl J. Strauss; M. J Daniel Esser; Lourens R. Botha

doi:10.1364/OL.39.003563

Optically pumped tunable HBr laser in the mid-infrared region

Wayne Koen^*
, Cobus Jacobs
, Christoph Bollig
, Hencharl J. Strauss
, M. J Daniel Esser
, Lourens R. Botha

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An optically pumped tunable HBr laser has been demonstrated for the first time. The pump source was a singlefrequency Ho:YLF laser and amplifier system, which was locked to the 2064 nm absorption line of HBr. Laser oscillation was demonstrated on 19 molecular transition lines, which included both the R-branch (3870- 4015 nm) and the P-branch (4070-4453 nm), by the use of an intra-cavity diffraction grating. The highest output energy was 2.4 mJ at 4133 nm.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3563-3566
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	39
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.003563
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2014

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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