Title :
A discharge heated copper vapor laser
Author :
Anderson, R.S. ; Springer, L. ; Bricks, B.G. ; Karras, T.W.
Author_Institution :
General Electric Company Space Sciences Laboratory, Valley Forge, PA, USA
fDate :
4/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A simple, reliable copper vapor laser is described with vapor produced by discharge heating. Average output power of 1.3 W has resulted at 6.8 kHz and a specific energy of 39 μJ/cm
3. Copper vapor density as high as

cm
-3was achieved.
Keywords :
Copper; Delay effects; Delay estimation; Electron optics; Holographic optical components; Holography; Photomultipliers; Plasma measurements; Plasma x-ray sources; X-ray lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1975.1068587