• DocumentCode
    1138052
  • Title

    Investigation of a Q-switched pulsed discharge CO2laser

  • Author

    Day, Greg ; Gaddy, O. ; Jungling, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1969
  • fDate
    8/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    423
  • Lastpage
    424
  • Abstract
    A Q -switched pulsed discharge CO2laser is investigated and the dependence of peak power on delay between pulse excitation and Q switching is determined for different gas mixtures. Peak power of 5 kW with 13 percent efficiency is obtained.
  • Keywords
    Delay effects; Gas lasers; Helium; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1969.1076279
  • Filename
    1076279