Compact 0.1 TW CO2 laser system
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 51 (6) , 776-780
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1136310
Abstract
A 3 atm, 9×9×100 cm3 uv preionized self‐sustained discharge module has been used as the basis for a compact nanosecond pulse CO2 laser system. Up to 60 J has been extracted from the device in an ∼600 ps pulse. The high degree of gain uniformity and fast gain risetime demonstrated by the present device point to some potential advantages in the incorporation of large aperture uv preionized self‐sustained CO2 discharges into high irradiance target interaction laser systems.Keywords
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