Title :
A large volume copper vapor +HCI--H2 laser with a high average power
Author :
Le Guyadec, Erick ; Nouvel, Philippe ; Regnard, Philippe
Author_Institution :
Commissariat a l´´Energie Atomique, Pierrelatte, France
fDate :
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A copper vapor laser tube with a large volume (15.1 L) has been built for the study of extrapolation in power of the Cu-Ne-HCl-H2 laser medium. A high-power (77 kW) all-solid-state high-voltage power supply has been also used for this purpose. Results show an improvement of the optical power after the HCl-H2 mixture injection. An optical power of 312 W has been extracted from this laser head in oscillator configuration.
Keywords :
copper; gas lasers; hydrogen compounds; neon; 312 W; 77 kW; Cu-Ne-HCl-H2; Cu-Ne-HCl-H2 laser medium; copper vapor laser; high-power laser; Copper; Electron tubes; Gas lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Skin effect; Temperature; Chlorine; copper; gas lasers; high-power lasers; hydrogen;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2005.846686
