INCREASING THE OUTPUT POWER OF A COPPER-VAPOR LASER

Authors
KUKHAREV VN LARIN VV MALTSEV AN
Citation
Vn. Kukharev et al., INCREASING THE OUTPUT POWER OF A COPPER-VAPOR LASER, Instruments and experimental techniques, 38(5), 1995, pp. 667-670
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Instument & Instrumentation",Engineering
Journal title
Instruments and experimental techniques → ACNP
ISSN journal
00204412
Volume
38
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
667 - 670
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-4412(1995)38:5<667:ITOPOA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The paper presents an investigation of a copper-vapor laser built arou nd a Kristall commercial tube that was undertaken to increase the aver age output power and efficiency of the laser. A saturable choke is use d in the power supply circuit, and the heating voltage of the hydrogen generator in the thyratron is tunable. The average output power is up to 20 W at a pulse repetition rate of 9.6 kHz, the laser efficiency w ith respect to the de electrical power is 0.8%.