• DocumentCode
    1088551
  • Title

    CO2laser excited by a long pulse capacitively coupled discharge

  • Author

    Cohn, D.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Northrop Research and Technology Center, Northrop Corporation, Hawthorne, CA
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    4/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    438
  • Lastpage
    439
  • Abstract
    A CO2TEA laser is excited by a preionized discharge through dielectric electrodes with single pulse durations of 100-300 ns (FWHM). For constant input energy, output energy and efficiency are found to increase with pulse duration giving rise to a maximum enhancement of approximately 20 percent over the range tested. An output comparable to metallic electrode devices was obtained. Optimum performance was achieved for a total circuit inductance on the order of 2μH.
  • Keywords
    Carbon dioxide lasers; Pulsed lasers; Circuit testing; Coupling circuits; Electrodes; Gas lasers; Impedance; Inductance; Laser excitation; Optical pulses; Pulse circuits; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1981.1071131
  • Filename
    1071131
    • Link To Document
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