Efficient long life sealed CO lasers at room temperature

P. G. Browne; A. L S Smith

doi:10.1088/0022-3735/8/10/024

Efficient long life sealed CO lasers at room temperature

P. G. Browne^*, A. L S Smith

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The effects of the cathode materials platinum, molybdenum, copper and aluminium and the gas additives hydrogen and xenon are assessed for the construction of sealed off carbon monoxide lasers (5-6 mu m) operating at room temperature. The elimination of hydrogen impurity is shown to be essential for long life operation. The removal of hydrogen is effected by diffusion across a heated palladium tube. CO lasers have been operated at up to 10% efficiency. One sealed off laser with an initial gas fill of 1.3 Torr CO, 18.7 Torr He and 2 Torr Xe and a copper cathode has operated continuously for over 2500 h giving 14 W of laser power at 7% efficiency from an active length of 90 cm.

Original language	English
Article number	024
Pages (from-to)	870-874
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments
Volume	8
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3735/8/10/024
Publication status	Published - 1975
Externally published	Yes

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