Copper bromide laser of 120-W average output power

Author

Astadjov, Dimo N. ; Dimitrov, Krasimir D. ; Jones, David R. ; Kirkov, Valentin K. ; Little, Chris E. ; Sabotinov, Nikola V. ; Vuchkov, Nikolay K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Metal Vapor Lasers, Inst. of Solid State Phys., Sofia, Bulgaria

Volume

33

Issue

5

fYear

1997

fDate

5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

705

Lastpage

709

Abstract

A Ne-H₂-CuBr laser (λ510.6, 578.2 nm) is reported, which produced an average output power of 120 W at 2.5% efficiency (based on stored energy) and 100 W at 3% efficiency. These output power and efficiency figures are record values for copper bromide lasers. The sealed-off device produced maximum output power at a pulse recurrency frequency (PRF) of 17.5 kHz. Laser operating characteristics and electrical parameters are described

Keywords

copper compounds; gas lasers; laser beams; laser modes; laser variables measurement; 100 W; 120 W; 17.5 kHz; 2.5 percent; 3 percent; 510.6 nm; 578.2 nm; CuBr; Ne-H₂-CuBr; Ne-H₂-CuBr laser; average output power; efficiency figures; electrical parameters; laser operating characteristics; output power; pulse recurrency frequency; sealed-off device; stored energy; Boring; Copper; Electrodes; Electron tubes; Gas lasers; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Power generation; Power lasers; Reservoirs;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.572143

Filename

572143