• DocumentCode
    1112593
  • Title

    Chemical control of HgBr lasers

  • Author

    Liu, C.S. ; Liberman, Irving

  • Author_Institution
    Westinghouse Research and Development Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    2/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    245
  • Lastpage
    252
  • Abstract
    The selection of electrode and laser materials for long life operation of HgBr lasers is discussed. The results of thermochemical considerations in conjunction with experimental life tests to evaluate suitable materials indicate that gold-plated nickel is inert to HgBr laser gases. A HgBr2constitution system using MoBr2as a bromine source to take care of unavoidable areas that are not plated in a gold-plated nickel laser has been installed to extend the operating life of a HgBr laser to more than 108shots without any degradation in performance.
  • Keywords
    Component reliability; Gas lasers; Visible lasers; Chemical lasers; Constitution; Electrodes; Gas lasers; Gases; Life testing; Materials testing; Nickel; Optical control; Optical materials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1987.1073324
  • Filename
    1073324
    • Link To Document
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