Effect of hydrogen on CuBr laser power and efficiency
Abstract
Addition of small amounts of hydrogen to the neon buffer gas in a CuBr laser causes doubling of the average output power and laser efficiency. An efficiency of 1% is easily obtained. Electrical parameters of the pulsed discharge as functions of the hydrogen additive pressure are reported.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- December 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0030-4018(85)90099-9
- Bibcode:
- 1985OptCo..56..279A
- Keywords:
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- Gas Lasers;
- Hydrogen;
- Laser Outputs;
- Metal Vapor Lasers;
- Plasma Jets;
- Bromides;
- Copper Compounds;
- Gas Pressure;
- Lasers and Masers