Simultaneous generation at wavelengths of 10.6 and 0.337 microns in a CO2-N2-He plasma-cathode laser
Abstract
Simultaneous lasing at 10.6 and 0.337 microns has been achieved using a pulsed CO2-N2-He laser with a metal anode and a plasma cathode with a discharge sliding along a dielectric surface. The main design features and performance characteristics of the laser are briefly discussed. For a laser mixture (1:4:5) pressure of about 100 torr, the half-height pulse width is 5 ns and 12 microseconds at 0.337 and 10.6 microns, respectively; the output power is about 0.6 J.
- Publication:
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Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnischeskoi Fiziki
- Pub Date:
- November 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988PZhTF..14.2033B
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Infrared Lasers;
- Plasma Electrodes;
- Two-Wavelength Lasers;
- Ultraviolet Lasers;
- Gas Mixtures;
- Helium;
- Nitrogen Lasers;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Lasers and Masers