Efficient self-sustained pulsed CO laser

P.J.M. Peters

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Abstract

In this paper a simple sealed-off TEA CO laser is described with a self-sustained discharge without an external UV preionization source. At 77 K this system yields more than 600 mJ from a lasing volume of about 60 cm3 CO-N2-He mixture (45 J/ℓ atm. with 15.6% efficiency).
Original languageUndefined
Pages (from-to)241-243
JournalOptics communications
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1978

Keywords

  • IR-68383

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