High gain at 10.6 μm from an electron-beam-controlled pulsed discharge
Abstract
The production of high gain at a wavelength of 10.6 μm in CO2-N2 gas mixtures at pressures up to 300 kPa (3 atm) has been demonstrated using brief ionizing pulses from a gas-discharge electron gun and a low-inductance circuit to supply energy to the gas mixture. Increased gain, up to 10 m-1, has been achieved with mixtures containing H2.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- June 1974
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.1655073
- Bibcode:
- 1974ApPhL..24..608C
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Electron Beams;
- Gas Discharges;
- High Gain;
- Infrared Lasers;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Electrical Impedance;
- Electron Guns;
- Gas Mixtures;
- Gas Pressure;
- Hydrogen;
- Inductors;
- Nitrogen;
- Lasers and Masers