Copper oxide as the metal source in a discharge-heated copper vapor laser

1 August 1976

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 29 (3) , 187-188
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89019

Abstract

Copper oxide has been used as the lasant in a copper vapor laser producing up to 2 W average power at 12 kHz repetition rate. Operation could be sustained for several hours at over 1 W using radiative cooling to maintain the thermal balance.

Keywords

COPPER OXIDES
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
GAS LASERS
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
DISSOCIATION
HEATING
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE

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