DocumentCode
1056642
Title
High-power Ar-N2 transfer laser at 3577 Å
Author
Ault, E.R. ; Bhaumik, M.L. ; Olson, N. Thomas
Author_Institution
Northrop Research and Technology Center, Hawthorne, CA, USA
Volume
10
Issue
8
fYear
1974
fDate
8/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
624
Lastpage
626
Abstract
A peak laser power of 0.5 MW with an estimated efficiency of 0.2 percent has been obtained at 3577 Å from a mixture of 92 psia Ar and 8 psia N2 which was excited by an 
-beam of 400 A/cm2at 1.3 MeV in a 20-ns pulse. A saturation intensity of ∼100 kW/cm2was deduced and a beam divergence of 10 mrad was measured from the laser having a 10-cm gain length.
-beam of 400 A/cm2at 1.3 MeV in a 20-ns pulse. A saturation intensity of ∼100 kW/cm2was deduced and a beam divergence of 10 mrad was measured from the laser having a 10-cm gain length.Keywords
Argon; Current density; Electron optics; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Power lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1974.1068212
Filename
1068212
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