COMPACT HIGH REPETITION RATE MAGNETICALLY SWITCHED TRANSVERSE, ELECTRIC, ATMOSPHERIC CO2-LASER

被引:10
作者
SYLVAN, A
SPIERS, GD
JOHNSTONE, A
HARRISON, RG
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Heriot-Watt University
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10.1063/1.1141100
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A corona preionized compact transverse, electric, atmospheric CO 2 laser providing an average optical output of 18 W from a 4.6-cm3 discharge volume is reported. The laser was driven at pulse rates up to 1 kHz by an all solid-state exciter circuit which has produced >109 pulses.
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页码:1821 / 1824
页数:4
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