High-power supersonic CO laser on fundamental and overtone transitions

Journal Article · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2005 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2005V035N12ABEH013036· OSTI ID:21470869

Bohn, W; Buelow, H von ^[1]; Dass, S; McCord, J E; Tate, R F; Hager, G D ^[2]; Ionin, Andrei A; Klimachev, Yu M; Kotkov, A A; Seleznev, L V; Sinitsyn, D V ^[3]; McIver, J K ^[4]

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1. DLR Institut fuer Technische Physik (Germany)
2. US Air Force Research Laboratories, Kirtland, New Mexico (United States)
3. P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (United States)

Lasing parameters of a rf discharge-pumped CO laser in a subsonic gas flow with subsequent cooling of the laser medium in a supersonic flow are studied. The output power of the laser achieved 2.1 kW for the efficiency up to 21% in the spectral range 4.9-5.7 {mu}m corresponding to the V+1{yields}V fundamental vibrational transitions in the CO molecule. The laser output power at the V+2{yields}V first vibrational overtone transitions (2.6-2.7 {mu}m) was 50 W. Possible ways of improving the laser design for generating radiation at higher overtone transitions of the CO molecule are discussed. (lasers)

• OSTI ID: 21470869
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 35, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2005v035n12ABEH013036; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
42 ENGINEERING
CARBON MONOXIDE
COOLING
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
GAS FLOW
LASERS
MOLECULES
RADIATION SOURCES
SUPERSONIC FLOW
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
FLUID FLOW
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS