• DocumentCode
    1102025
  • Title

    Radio frequency pumped mid-infrared waveguide lasers

  • Author

    Wang, John H.S. ; Paranto, Joseph N. ; Lovejoy, Christopher M.

  • Author_Institution
    Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, CA, USA
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    3/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    276
  • Lastpage
    283
  • Abstract
    RF discharge waveguide laser technology has been extended from the 10.6 μm CO2laser to include 2.7 μm HF, 3.8 μm DF, and several rare gas mid-infrared lasers. The maximum achieved electrical efficiencies of 5.3 and 4.0 percent were demonstrated in pulsed HF and DF systems, respectively. These, as well as several low efficiency rare gas lasers were demonstrated in a 20 cm gain length device. The output power and spectral distribution were determined as a function of the gas composition, pressure, velocity, and the RF power, pulse length, and repetition rate.
  • Keywords
    Hydrogen halide lasers; Infrared lasers; Noble-gas lasers; Waveguide lasers; Chemical lasers; Electrodes; Gas lasers; Hafnium; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Radio frequency; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1984.1072385
  • Filename
    1072385
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1102025