ENHANCEMENT OF CO2 LASER POWER AND EFFICIENCY BY NEUTRON IRRADIATION
- 15 June 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 18 (12) , 568-569
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1653543
Abstract
Experiments have been performed which show that it is possible to increase the efficiency and power of a CO2 laser by irradiating the discharge with energetic α and Li ions produced by the (n, α) reaction with B10. This effect is explained by a tailoring of the electron‐energy distribution towards optimum pumping of the laser.Keywords
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