PURELY CHEMICAL PROCESS YIELDING CONTINUOUS LASER AMPLIFICATION IN THE VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRAL RANGES

摘要

A PURELY CHEMICAL PROCESS YIELDING CONTINUOUS LASER AMPLIFICATION IN THE VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRAL RANGES A chemical process yielding laser amplification and oscillation in the visible and ultraviolet spectral ranges comprising the steps of chemically reacting metal polymers with halogen atoms to form a lasing medium (12) comprised of electronically excited metal dimer molecules which produces laser amplification and, by providing a mirror configuration (90, 91) which makes use of the inverted population, through multiple reflection allows for laser oscillation by the repeated passage of light through the inverted gain medium (12).