Title :
Increase in gain on TEA-CO2 laser device with supersonic flow
Author :
Imada, Go ; Saitou, Hiroyuki ; Suzuki, Masataro ; Masuda, Wataru
Author_Institution :
Dept. Inf. & Electron. Eng., Niigata Inst. Technol., Niigata, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
The small-signal gain of a TEA-CO2 laser medium is evaluated under the supersonic flow condition at M= 2. The gain is measured at 2.2 %/cm for the supersonic flow of the gas at 133 K in temperature, which is 1.3 times as high as that obtained for the still laser gas medium at the room temperature. The results suggest the possibility that the output power of the TEA-CO2 laser can be increased by utilizing the supersonic flow.
Keywords :
carbon compounds; gas lasers; supersonic flow; CO2; TEA-CO2 laser device; laser gas medium; supersonic flow; temperature 133 K; Cavity resonators; Discharges; Electron tubes; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Temperature dependence;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193652
