Kinetically enhanced copper vapour lasers employing H2-HCl-Ne buffer gas mixtures

Michael J. Withford, Daniel J. W. Brown, Robert J. Carman, James A. Piper

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Abstract

The output powers from 25 mm (volume 0.49 1) and 40 mm (volume 1.9 1) diameter copper vapour lasers (nominally 20 and 55 W devices) are approximately doubled to > 50 and > 100 W respectively by adding small partial pressures of both H2 and HCl to the neon buffer gas. Our studies show that this gas mixture performs better than a H2-HBr admix, a result we attribute to more efficient reassociation of HCl in the plasma region.

LanguageEnglish
Pages160-166
Number of pages7
JournalOptics Communications
Volume154
Issue number1-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 1998

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Keywords

  • copper vapour laser
  • dissociative attachment
  • halogen
  • HCl
  • kinetic enhancement
  • reassociation

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Withford, Michael J. ; Brown, Daniel J. W. ; Carman, Robert J. ; Piper, James A. / Kinetically enhanced copper vapour lasers employing H2-HCl-Ne buffer gas mixtures. In: Optics Communications. 1998 ; Vol. 154, No. 1-3. pp. 160-166.
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Withford, MJ, Brown, DJW, Carman, RJ & Piper, JA 1998, 'Kinetically enhanced copper vapour lasers employing H2-HCl-Ne buffer gas mixtures', Optics Communications, vol. 154, no. 1-3, pp. 160-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00226-0

Kinetically enhanced copper vapour lasers employing H2-HCl-Ne buffer gas mixtures. / Withford, Michael J.; Brown, Daniel J. W.; Carman, Robert J.; Piper, James A.

In: Optics Communications, Vol. 154, No. 1-3, 15.08.1998, p. 160-166.

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Withford MJ, Brown DJW, Carman RJ, Piper JA. Kinetically enhanced copper vapour lasers employing H2-HCl-Ne buffer gas mixtures. Optics Communications. 1998 Aug 15;154(1-3):160-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00226-0

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