High-power electro-ionization CO2 - Lasers for laser technology
Abstract
The energy characteristics of an electroionized, high-power flowing CO2 laser with an average generating power of 10 kW are investigated theoretically and experimentally. Attention is also given to the possible industrial applications of lasers. The main physical processes determining the ultimate parameters of generation are considered, and a complex optimization of various excitation regimes is carried out. The possibility of He-Ar interchange is studied, and it is shown that Ar does not have a deleterious effect on the specific characteristics of a CW electroionized laser. Rather, it makes it possible to increase the output power without diminishing the efficiency; this is effected through an increase in the energy input power at a fixed electron beam current.
- Publication:
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Lasers 1981
- Pub Date:
- 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982lase.conf..611B
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Gas Ionization;
- High Power Lasers;
- Laser Outputs;
- Technology Assessment;
- Continuous Wave Lasers;
- Electron Beams;
- Gas Flow;
- Industries;
- Power Efficiency;
- Lasers and Masers