• DocumentCode
    1120694
  • Title

    4B1 - Recent developments in CO2lasers

  • Author

    Rigden, J.D. ; Moeller, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Electro-optical div., the perkin-Elmer Corp., Norwalk, Conn.
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1966
  • fDate
    9/1/1966 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    365
  • Lastpage
    368
  • Abstract
    Experimental results are presented showing the effect of tube diameter on the output power and efficiency of CO2lasers. It is shown that both output power and efficiency are almost independent of diameter over the range 11mm to 44mm. The measured values of the output power and efficiency are 75 watts per meter and 10 percent. Higher efficiencies are obtained at lower power outputs. Mirror damage is discussed and two experiments involving the irradiation of CO2and ammonia with a high power laser beam are mentioned. An explanation is given for the strong interaction between the laser beam and the discharge tube current. Finally, the flow calorimeter used to measure high power laser beams is described.
  • Keywords
    Coatings; Dielectric substrates; Equations; Laser beams; Mirrors; Optical reflection; Power generation; Power lasers; Power measurement; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1966.1074079
  • Filename
    1074079
    • Link To Document
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