Converting solar energy into laser radiation using a fullerene-oxygen-iodine laser with solar pumping

Мак А.А., Белоусова И.М., Киселев В.М., Гренишин А.С., Данилов О.Б., Соснов Е.Н. Преобразование солнечной энергии в лазерное излучение с использованием фуллерен-кислород-йодного лазера с солнечной накачкой // Оптический журнал. 2009. Т. 76. № 4. С. 4–24.

Mak A.A., Belousova I.M., Kiselev V.M., Grenishin A.S., Danilov O.B., Sosnov E.N. Converting solar energy into laser radiation using a fullerene-oxygen-iodine laser with solar pumping [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2009. V. 76. № 4. P. 4–24.

A. A. Mak, I. M. Belousova, V. M. Kiselev, A. S. Grenishin, O. B. Danilov, and E. N. Sosnov, "Converting solar energy into laser radiation using a fullerene-oxygen-iodine laser with solar pumping," Journal of Optical Technology. 76 (4), 172-186 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.76.000172

The concept of a system for directly converting solar energy into laser radiation on the basis of a fullerene-oxygen-iodine laser has been developed. It is shown that this system has advantages and is competitive with other similar solar-energy-conversion systems. Various versions of singlet-oxygen generators based on solid-phase fullerene-containing structures are analyzed. Based on this analysis, it is concluded that such a generator needs to be operated with molecular oxygen passing through a porous fullerene-containing coating deposited on a substrate with a porous structure to compensate the loss of oxygen in the coating as it undergoes photodesorption. Experimental research into the processes of solar-energy conversion into laser radiation has been carried out, using a prototype that has been developed of a fullerene-oxygen-iodine laser with pumping by a solar-radiation simulator. Lasing in the pulsed-periodic regime of laser operation has been obtained, with repetition rate 10Hz and mean output power 30W. Lasing energy per unit volume of the active medium of 9J/L has been achieved.

The research was supported by RFBR (grants Nos. 06-02-16931-а, 06-02-08063-офи, 08-03-00496-а) and Federal Agency for Science and Innovations of RF (state contract No. 02.516.11.6140).