High-energy dye laser pumped by wall-ablation lamps
Abstract
A guideline for the optimum design of linear wall-ablation lamps is presented with a simple empirical formula which describes the luminescent characteristics of lamps. The absolute luminescent efficiency of the wall-ablation lamp was measured. A high-energy dye laser with a quadruple-elliptical cylindrical cavity was constructed using these lamps, and an output energy of 23.3 J (11.6 MW) was obtained with an overall efficiency of 0.31 %. The energy-flow diagram of this laser system was computed with a rate-equation analysis, and the conversion efficiency from electrical input to laser output was determined. One can expect an overall efficiency of about 2 %.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics
- Pub Date:
- February 1978
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1978ApPhy..15..191O
- Keywords:
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- Dye Lasers;
- Flash Lamps;
- Laser Outputs;
- Optical Pumping;
- Ablation;
- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Laser Cavities;
- Luminescence;
- Tuning;
- Lasers and Masers;
- PACS 42.55;
- 42.55