• DocumentCode
    3151285
  • Title

    Annular 2 kW diffusion cooled CO2 laser operating with a novel hybrid-stable- unstable axicon resonator

  • Author

    Markillie, Gavin ; Deile, Jochen ; Negoita, Viorel ; Schulz, J. ; Koerner, A. ; Zeller, Thomas ; Schlueter, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Laser Dev. Dept., Trumpf Inc., Farmington, CT, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-27 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    94
  • Abstract
    In this paper we present a new 2 kW diffusion-cooled device based upon an annular discharge operating with a hybrid-stable-unstable resonator. The resulting electrode structure is similar in both length and footprint to an equivalent slab waveguide.
  • Keywords
    carbon compounds; electrodes; gas lasers; laser cavity resonators; lenses; optical planar waveguides; 2 kW; CO2; annular diffusion cooled CO2 laser operation; annular discharge operation; electrode structure; hybrid-stable- unstable axicon resonator; slab waveguide; Acceleration; Electrodes; Feeds; Frequency; Laser beam cutting; Laser beams; Mirrors; Power lasers; Slabs; Waveguide discontinuities;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7734-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312155
  • Filename
    1312155