title: Enhancement of electric oxygen-iodine laser performance using larger mode volume resonators.
abstract: Herein the authors report on the demonstration of an 87% enhancement in cw laser power on the 1315 nm transition of atomic iodine via a 100% increase in the resonator mode volume. O(2)(a1Delta) is produced by a single rf-excited electric discharge sustained in an O(2)-He-NO gas mixture flowing through a rectangular geometry, and I(P2(1/2)) is then pumped using energy transferred from O(2)(a1Delta). A total laser output power of 102.5 W was obtained using a Z-pass resonator configuration.
authors.affiliation: 1University of Illinois, 306 Talbot Laboratory, 104 South Wright Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Brian S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Woodard
authors.forename: Gabriel F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Benavides
authors.forename: Joseph W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Palla
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Verdeyen
authors.forename: Wayne C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Solomon