Author :
Vuchkov, N.K. ; Temelkov, K.A. ; Sabotinov, N.V.
Author_Institution :
Metal Vapor Lasers Lab., Inst. of Solid State Phys., Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract :
The effect of different additives-air, synthetic air, N/sub 2/, O/sub 2/, CO/sub 2/, He, Ar, Xe, and H/sub 2/, to the neon buffer gas on the average output power of a UV Cu/sup +/ Ne-CuBr is investigated. It is found that the addition of small amounts of hydrogen, 0.02-0.04 torr, leads to an increase by more than twice of the average output power for simultaneous laser oscillation at the five Cu/sup +/ lines-248.6, 252.9, 259.7, 260.0, and 270.3 nm.
Keywords :
copper compounds; gas lasers; hydrogen; neon compounds; ultraviolet sources; Cu/sup + /lines; Cu/sup +/Ne-CuBr; H/sub 2/; UV Cu/sup +/ Ne-CuBr laser; air; average output power; hydrogen; synthetic air; Copper; Gas lasers; Hydrogen; Laser transitions; Metastasis; Mirrors; Power generation; Power lasers; Reservoirs; Copper bromine laser; UV copper ion laser; metal vapor laser;
