High-power, continuous frequency tunable TE CO2 laser
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 53 (4) , 449-451
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1136987
Abstract
A continuously tunable TE CO2 laser is described, whose frequency tunable ranges of 16 cm−1 in the P-branch and 14 cm−1 in the R-branch of 9.6 μm band were obtained with a single line energy of about 400 mJ/pulse. This large output was realized by decreasing the intracavity laser power illuminating the optical components used due to the increase in discharge width. A grid-type, UV-preionized TE CO2 laser using a cable PFN was scalable and able to decrease optical damage of components.Keywords
This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
- Demonstration of laser action and superfluorescence in CF4optically pumped by a continuously tunable CO2laserJournal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 1980
- Optically pumped NH3 laser using a continuously tunable CO2 laserOptics Communications, 1980
- New 17–21-μm laser lines in C_2D_2 using a continuously tunable CO_2 laser pumpOptics Letters, 1980
- Continuous tuning characteristics of a small high pressure uv preionised CO2 laserOptics Communications, 1979
- High-power photopreionization-stabilized carbon dioxide waveguide lasers operating at gas pressures of up to 13 atmJournal of Applied Physics, 1978
- Arc suppression in CO2 laser dischargesApplied Physics Letters, 1976
- Operation of a 15-atm electron-beam-controlled CO2 laserApplied Physics Letters, 1974
- High-pressure pulsed molecular lasersProceedings of the IEEE, 1974
- Continuously tunable high-pressure CO2 laser with uv photopreionizationApplied Physics Letters, 1973
- Optically pumped 33-atm CO2 laserApplied Physics Letters, 1973