The use of a sealed-off source of electrons for the construction of a pulsed CO2-laser
Abstract
Results are reported on the use of short-duration electron beams (of the order of 10 ns) generated in sealed-off vacuum diodes to excite a CO2:N2 = 1:1 laser medium with a pressure of 500,000 Pa and a volume of 1.5 x 0.6 x 6 cm. The MIRA-3D high-current electron accelerator, loaded on two parallel vacuum diodes of type E3-150/e was used as the electron source. Radiation pulses of 30-50 ns duration were obtained at the semiheight with an energy up to 0.2 J at an efficiency of 5 percent at 4 Hz. The possibility of using this type of generator to reduce the dimensions of electroionizational pulsed lasers is demonstrated.
- Publication:
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IN: High-current pulsed electron beams in technology (Sil'notochnye impul'snye elektronnye puchki v tekhnologii). Novosibirsk
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983hcpe.book..155B
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Electron Accelerators;
- Laser Outputs;
- Quantum Electronics;
- Ultrashort Pulsed Lasers;
- Vacuum Tubes;
- Beam Currents;
- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Gas Discharge Tubes;
- X Ray Tubes;
- Lasers and Masers