Electromagnetically driven closed-circle-type CO2 laser
Abstract
The electromagnetic force has been used instead of a mechanical blower to drive the gas mixtures in a closed-circle-type CO2 laser tube for cooling and refreshment of the gas. A gas flow velocity has been obtained up to 0.8 m/s by applying a magnetic field B=1.67 kG externally to the discharge current I=40 mA at a fixed gas pressure P=10 Torr. The laser output obtained by moving the gas for the gas mixture ratio of CO2:N2:He=2:1:7 is larger than that without moving the gas by a factor of 3 for up to 1 h of continuous operation.
- Publication:
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Review of Scientific Instruments
- Pub Date:
- November 1983
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1983RScI...54.1451O
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Electromagnetic Pumps;
- Gas Mixtures;
- Laser Materials;
- Flow Velocity;
- Laser Outputs;
- Lasers and Masers