Improved performance of mini-repetitively pulsed CO2 lasers using H2 buffered gas mixtures
- 15 September 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 41 (6) , 506-508
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.93588
Abstract
The improved performance characteristics of a compact pulsed, atmospheric pressure CO2 laser using He-free, H2 buffered gas mistures are reported. Both peak and average power are found to be optimal with this mixture as a result of an enhanced gain amplitude and rise time. A ∼2.7-cm3 discharge has produced 17-W average laser power at ∼300 Hz.Keywords
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