Chemical lasers utilizing N2F4+H2 and N2F4+D2 mixtures initiated by CO2 laser radiation

The results are reported of experiments in which stimulated emission was obtained as a result of vibrationrotational transitions in HF and DF molecules in N₂F₄+H₂ and N₂F₄+D₂ mixtures. The stimulated emission was initiated by CO₂ laser pulses of λ = 10.3-10.6 μ wavelength. The peak output power of the HF laser was 0.5X10³ W and that of the DF laser was 1.0X10³ W for pulses of 1.2 and 0.5 fisec duration, respectively.