DocumentCode
1186383
Title
A high-efficiency 200 W average power copper HyBrID laser
Author
Jones, David R. ; Maitland, Arthur ; Little, Chris E.
Author_Institution
J.F. Allen Res. Labs., Univ. of St. Andrews, Fife, UK
Volume
30
Issue
10
fYear
1994
fDate
10/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2385
Lastpage
2390
Abstract
The high-power, high efficiency copper HyBrID laser has been scaled to large bore (6 cm), with an active length of 200 cm, to generate, as an oscillator, an average output power of 201 W at 1.9% efficiency (based on stored energy) in the green (510.6 nm) and yellow (578.2 nm). For an output power of 120 W, the efficiency reached 3.2%, when the pulse recurrence frequency was 17 kHz. The factors which make the interacting circuit superior to conventional capacitor transfer circuits for the excitation of copper lasers are discussed
Keywords
copper; gas lasers; 1.9 percent; 120 W; 200 W; 510.6 nm; 578.8 nm; Cu; CuBr; HBr; active length; average output power; excitation; green; high-power high efficiency Cu HyBrID laser; interacting circuit; oscillator; pulse recurrence frequency; stored energy; yellow; Boring; Capacitors; Circuits; Copper; Frequency; Hybrid power systems; Laser excitation; Oscillators; Power generation; Power lasers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/3.328584
Filename
328584
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