An electric-discharge high-pressure CO2 laser with a plasma cathode
Abstract
A compact plasma-cathode high-pressure CO2 laser has been developed whose parameters are similar to those of electron beam preionized lasers. Stable lasing has been achieved using a helium-free mixture of CO2:N2 (1:1) at 6 atm. A single 40-kW power supply unit is used for both the plasma cathode and the main volume. A schematic diagram of the laser is presented together with some experimental results.
- Publication:
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Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnischeskoi Fiziki
- Pub Date:
- May 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986PZhTF..12..617K
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Cathodes;
- Electric Discharges;
- High Power Lasers;
- High Pressure;
- Plasma Electrodes;
- Laser Stability;
- Lasing;
- Lasers and Masers