PassivelyQ-switched N2O laser

Freon 12 and SF
6
have been used to passively
Q
switch laser transitions from
R(17)
to
P(36)
in the
00\deg1-10\deg0
N
2
O band. Pulses having a half-intensity width of 0.75 μs with peak powers 10-20 times the CW power were observed.