• DocumentCode
    817020
  • 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
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    879
  • Lastpage
    884
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.2005.846686
  • Filename
    1432979
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=817020