The photoinitiated impulse-enhanced electrically excited (PIE) discharge for high-power cw laser applications
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 32 (7) , 418-420
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.90069
Abstract
The application of high‐repetition‐rate photoionized TEA laser techniques to continuous wave CO2 lasers is described. A PIE discharge approach is shown to provide a simple and convenient method for production of uniform large‐volume high‐density plasmas, suitable for continuous high‐powered CO2 laser operation. The approach may be suitable for discharge‐pumped noble‐gas–halide lasers.Keywords
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