Increase in the duration of the emission pulses from a CO/sub 2/ laser with successively excited sections

Journal Article · Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1979 · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE1979v009n02ABEH008758· OSTI ID:6191013

Kudryashov, V P; Osipov, V V; Savin, V V

Sectioned CO/sub 2/ lasers were investigated theoretically and experimentally for successive excitation of the individual sections. The parameters of each section were optimized (composition and pressure of the gas, energy input), so enabling long (up to 100 ..mu..sec) high-power output pulses to be obtained by electrical-discharge excitation. It was found that the successive excitation of two sections gave a laser output pulse duration a factor of 2.5 greater than that of the pulses produced both by independent and by simultaneous excitation of the individual sections.

• Research Organization: Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Novosibirsk
• OSTI ID: 6191013
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 9:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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