Simple Purely Chemical HF DF and CO Lasers

This laser was the first to operate as a purely chemical laser independently of other energy sources for laser pumping. Although laser output is possible from either HF or the laser was originally operated as a chemically 

The foregoing discussion has emphasized cw chemical lasers because the spectacular growth of chemical laser research and development in recent years is traceable to the advent of cw devices in It should be 

Finally, in concluding this section mention should be made of the transfer chemical lasers based on energy transfer from vibrationally excited reaction products. These devices were originally operated as pulsed lasers, but cw lasers have been built to multiple-kilowatt size. Recent reviews of transfer chemical laser development may be consulted for more details. 

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