MAGNETICALLY STABILIZED CROSS-FIELD CO2 LASER

15 April 1970

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 16 (8) , 321-323
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1653211

Abstract

A new concept of stabilizing an electrical CO₂ laser discharge against a transverse gas flow is described. A cross magnetic field, mutually perpendicular to the discharge axial electric field and the gas flow velocity, is employed to maintain the electrical discharge column colinear with the optic axis. The cross‐field laser is convectively cooled and characterized by low flow velocities, low pressure drops, and high operating efficiencies.

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