• DocumentCode
    1232967
  • Title

    Complex pulse structure emission from a CO2 hollow-cathode laser

  • Author

    De Macedo, R. Mendes ; Papaleo, C.B. ; Massone, C.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Laser & Spectrosc. Lab., Univ. Federal Fluminense, Brazil
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    9/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1975
  • Lastpage
    1978
  • Abstract
    A temporal analysis of CO2 laser pulses generated in a hollow-cathode configuration is presented. A complex laser pulse structure from a single excitation pulse was detected, and the optimum CO2-N2 relation for maximum resonant energy transfer was determined. A mechanism responsible for the detected laser structure is suggested
  • Keywords
    cathodes; gas lasers; glow discharges; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; CO2 hollow-cathode laser; CO2 laser; CO2 laser pulses; CO2-N2 mixture; complex laser pulse structure; hollow-cathode configuration; laser cavity resonators; laser pulse emission; maximum resonant energy transfer; single excitation pulse; temporal analysis; Brazil Council; Circuits; Energy exchange; Gas detectors; Gas lasers; Glow discharges; Helium; Inductance; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Resonance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.35219
  • Filename
    35219