• DocumentCode
    1155662
  • Title

    Q-switched CO2laser

  • Author

    Smith, D.

  • Author_Institution
    United Aircraft Research Laboratories, East Hartford, CT, USA
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1969
  • fDate
    6/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    291
  • Lastpage
    292
  • Abstract
    Experimental studies of a rotating-mirror Q -switched CO2laser have been undertaken to obtain high peak powers at 10.6-μ wavelength. The Q -switched pulse has a temporal structure consisting of two intensity peaks and is similar to the temporal behavior of a slow Q -switched CO2laser. Based on the gas pressure dependence it appears that the pulse structure and duration are influenced by collision-induced relaxations of the laser medium. Using an oscillator-amplifier system peak powers of 120 kW with pulsewidths of 200 ns have been obtained.
  • Keywords
    Gas lasers; Laser transitions; Mirrors; Optical control; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse measurements; Switches; Time measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1969.1081949
  • Filename
    1081949
    • Link To Document
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