Extended gas lifetime operation of a miniature transversely excited atmosphere CO2 laser doped with tripropylamine
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 41 (7) , 601-603
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.93613
Abstract
Long life (≳106 shots), sealed operation of a repetitively pulsed (4 pps), compact (5‐cm3 active volume), transversely excited atmosphere (TEA) CO2 laser has been achieved using an efficient corona‐type preionization and traces of tripropylamine (TPA) as gas additive. The use of TPA has enabled extended operation with a maximum output peak power of about 350 kW.Keywords
This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
- A repetitively pulsed sealed-TE CO2 laser using an oxygen tolerant discharge schemeApplied Physics B Laser and Optics, 1981
- A 5 cm single-discharge CO2 laser having high power outputOptics Communications, 1980
- Spatial control of pulsed high-pressure pre-ionisation stabilised glow dischargesJournal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments, 1980
- Effective excitation of oxygen-contaminated high-pressure carbon dioxide TE lasersJournal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments, 1979
- Limiting processes in sealed photoionisation TEA CO2lasersJournal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 1978
- A compact, sealed, single mode TEA CO2 laserOptics Communications, 1978
- Studies of a high performance TE CO2 laser using additivesOptics Communications, 1978
- A sealed high-repetition-rate TEA CO2laserIEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1978
- Sealed TEA CO2 lasers with external control of gas chemistryApplied Physics Letters, 1977
- Influence of negative-ion processes on steady-state properties and striations in molecular gas dischargesPhysical Review A, 1974