Two methods of operation of a CO2transversely excited waveguide laser
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 13 (3) , 335-339
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3735/13/3/021
Abstract
The operation of a CO2 transversely excited (TE) waveguide laser using capacitor discharge excitation and pulser sustainer excitation results in specific output energy densities of 85 mJ m-3 Pa-1 and 113 mJ m-3 Pa-1 respectively. The 3.7% efficiency achieved for the laser when operated in the pulser-sustainer mode is the highest reported for a CO2 TE waveguide laser. Assessment of the waveguide losses results in a correct prediction for the polarisation of the laser output. Consideration of the sustainer discharge allows the arcing limit of the discharge and the form of the sustainer current to be determined.Keywords
This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
- High-power photopreionization-stabilized carbon dioxide waveguide lasers operating at gas pressures of up to 13 atmJournal of Applied Physics, 1978
- Characteristics of high-field preionized discharges for transversely excited waveguide lasersApplied Physics Letters, 1977
- A transversely excited multiatmosphere CO2 waveguide laserApplied Physics Letters, 1977
- A simple photoionization stabilized waveguide carbon dioxide laserJournal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 1977
- 10-μm propagation losses in hollow dielectric waveguidesJournal of Applied Physics, 1977
- A compact sealed waveguide CO2laserJournal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 1977
- Waveguides: characteristic modes of hollow rectangular dielectric waveguidesApplied Optics, 1976
- Applicability of the Anomalous Skin-Effect Theory to the Optical Constants of Cu, Ag, and Au in the Infrared*Journal of the Optical Society of America, 1966
- Das Infrarotspektrum des RubinsZeitschrift für Naturforschung A, 1963
- XXVI. Optical constants of metals in the infra-red—experimental methodsJournal of Computers in Education, 1955