Title :
High gain and high peak power in planar waveguide lasers
Author :
Villarreal, F.J. ; Cao, Q. ; Ramirez, R.J. ; Baker, H.J. ; Hall, D.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
We report enhanced peak power and gain for pulses in the 10-100 /spl mu/sec range, with specific peak power to 240 kW m/sup -2/ of electrode area at frequencies to 4 kHz. Pulsed small signal gain is increased by a factor of 7 relative to cw/long pulse excitation.
Keywords :
carbon compounds; gas lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical pulse generation; CO/sub 2/; high gain; high peak power; high repetition rate; hybrid waveguide-unstable design; planar waveguide lasers; power dissipation limits; pulsed small signal gain; quenching rate; seated laser source; stable discharges; Laser ablation; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical pulses; Planar waveguides; Plasma temperature; Power lasers; Pulsed power supplies; Radio frequency; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967806
