A compact sealed waveguide CO2laser
- 11 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 10 (1) , 1-6
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/10/1/001
Abstract
The design, construction and preliminary performance data are reported for a compact waveguide carbon dioxide laser which produces a high output power per unit length. The laser of overall length 15 cm produces 3.85 W from only 9.4 cm of discharge. This figure corresponds to an output power per unit length of 410 mW cm-1, which is a factor of two higher than previously reported measurements. It is shown that this value is consistent with theoretical predictions based on the gain and saturation intensity measurements in the literature.Keywords
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