Title : 
Power control of a CO2 laser
         
        
            Author : 
Poinard, F. ; Metrat, G. ; Gilles, G.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Lab. d´´Autom. et de Genie des Procedes, CNRS, Villeurbanne, France
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A control system is proposed that improves the performance of a CO 2 laser. It allows control of the output power of the laser within 0.1% of the desired value. Various experiments are achieved to show the efficiency of the proposed approach
         
        
            Keywords : 
carbon compounds; gas lasers; optical variables control; physical instrumentation control; power control; temperature control; CO2; CO2 laser; control system; laser performance improvement; output power control;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Control Theory and Applications, IEE Proceedings -
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/ip-cta:19970804