Title :
Investigation of a Q-switched pulsed discharge CO2laser
Author :
Day, Greg ; Gaddy, O. ; Jungling, K.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
fDate :
8/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A

-switched pulsed discharge CO
2laser is investigated and the dependence of peak power on delay between pulse excitation and

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;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1969.1076279