Long-duration high-efficiency operation of a continuously pulsed copper laser utilizing copper bromide as a lasant

15 July 1978

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

Vol. 33 (2) , 146-148
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.90286

Abstract

A copper laser utilizing copper bromide as a lasant and neon as the buffer gas has been operated at an average laser power of between 16 and 19.5 W for a period of 68 h. Lasing was attained at a pulsing rate of 16.7 kHz in a quartz discharge tube 2.5 cm in diameter with an electrode separation of 200 cm. The laser energy/pulse and peak power/pulse corresponding to an average power of 19.5 W are 1.2 mJ and 30 kW, respectively. The ratio of laser power at 510.6 and 578.2 nm varied from 3.9 to 1.1 corresponding to a total average laser power of 4 and 18 W, respectively. The highest wall plug and capacitor efficiency measured during 68 h of operation was 0.7 and 1.1%, respectively.

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