Compact CO2 laser
Abstract
Descriptions are given of the design of a CO2 electric-discharge laser one meter in length and of the excitation circuit. Output pulse energy is studied as a function of discharge-input energy, pressure and gas-mixture composition. Maximum output energy is 6 J at an efficiency of 10%. The output pulse has a 100 nanosecond peak and a drop of about 1.5 microseconds.
- Publication:
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Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta
- Pub Date:
- February 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978PriTE......198O
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Electric Discharges;
- Laser Outputs;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Chemical Composition;
- Circuit Diagrams;
- Gas Mixtures;
- Gas Pressure;
- Power Efficiency;
- Lasers and Masers