Investigation of a CO/sub 2/ amplifier emitting microsecond pulses

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE1980v010n08ABEH010521· OSTI ID:6690592

Ponomarenko, A G; Tishchenko, V N

A computer study was made of the energy and temporal characteristics of a CO/sub 2/ laser amplifier, pumped by a nonself-sustained high-pressure gas discharge. The control of the shape and duration of the output pulse was investigated in a master-oscillator--amplifier system by varying the delay time of the input pulse relative to the initiation of pumping in the amplifier active medium. The dependence of the saturation energy on the pump energy density was determined and the influence of the excitation parameters and of the input radiation on the energy characteristics was considered.

• Research Organization: Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Novosibirsk
• OSTI ID: 6690592
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 10:8; ISSN SJQEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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