Abstract

We developed a CW chemical oxygen iodine laser used extracavity poweroutput which has obtained small signal gain 1.6 × 10^-3 cm^-1. Under the conditions that the Cl₂ flow rate is 30 mmole/s, the I₂ flow rate is 0.3 mmole/s and the cavity pressure is 200 Pa, the power outputs of linear polarigation light were obtained from the experimental data: maximum values of power output of 178 W at the half extracavity, and 70.4 W at the full extracavity, respectively.

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