Improved operation of N2O TE lasers
Abstract
The operation of a transversely excited N2O laser is improved by the addition of H2 or CO to the discharge. The improvement is due to the effective nullification of the dissociative electron attachment reaction with N2O.
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Pub Date:
- November 1983
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1983IJQE...19.1616W
- Keywords:
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- Electron Attachment;
- Gas Lasers;
- Gas Mixtures;
- Laser Outputs;
- Nitrous Oxides;
- Reaction Kinetics;
- Additives;
- Carbon Monoxide;
- Continuous Wave Lasers;
- Gasdynamic Lasers;
- Hydrogen;
- Lasing;
- Pressure Dependence;
- Lasers and Masers