A CW CO2 laser with DC-discharge preionization

K. C. A. Crane; P. G. Browne; D. E. D. Baker

doi:10.1109/3.16267

A CW CO₂ laser with DC-discharge preionization

K. C. A. Crane, P. G. Browne, D. E. D. Baker

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Abstract

The application of the plasma-injection technique (involving dc-discharge preionization) to a CW CO2 laser operating with recirculated gas is described. Measured characteristics of the discharges, the gain, and the output power are presented. An output of 110 W was obtained with a specific efficiency of 1.0 J/1 of flowed gas at a pressure of 10 kPa. A simplified model is developed to calculate a characteristic length of the main discharge which is useful for design purposes. This type of laser may be scaled simply to higher output powers, requires a gas mixture with only 20 percent He, is compact and robust, and yet is simple in its electrical and mechanical requirements.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	230-236
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/3.16267
Publication status	Published - 1989

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