• DocumentCode
    1106625
  • Title

    Experimental diagnostics of an avalanche discharge excited HgBr/HgBr2dissociation laser

  • Author

    Shay, Thomas M. ; Gookin, Debra ; Jordan, Martin C. ; Hanson, Frank E. ; Schimitschek, Erhart J.

  • Author_Institution
    Utah State Univ., Logan, UT, USA
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    8/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1271
  • Lastpage
    1277
  • Abstract
    We have investigated the effects of discharge power and nitrogen partial pressure on small signal gain, fluorescence, and discharge driver efficiency for an avalanche discharge Ne/N2/HgBr2laser. This work helps clarify the role of nitrogen in these lasers, as well as presenting the first experimental evidence for bottlenecking in the HgBr laser. An optimum intrinsic laser efficiency of 2.0 percent is also reported.
  • Keywords
    Gas lasers; Mercury materials/devices; Buffer storage; Electron beams; Fluorescence; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Nitrogen; Plugs; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1985.1072793
  • Filename
    1072793
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1106625