IR RECOMBINATION LASERS

Citation
Wj. Witteman et al., IR RECOMBINATION LASERS, Infrared physics & technology, 36(1), 1995, pp. 529-536
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
ISSN journal
13504495
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
529 - 536
Database
ISI
SICI code
1350-4495(1995)36:1<529:IRL>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The present study contributes to a better understanding of the atomic Xe laser as a powerful IR source. Several important phenomena like the dependence of both the observed optimized input power and maximum out put power on the square of the gas density and also the constant fract ional ionization are reported and verified theoretically. The insight in the kinetics of this system has also lead to the realization of sma ll-size continuous systems with output powers in the range of watts. T he results of the present study can be used to predict the performance of the atomic Xe laser under different operating conditions.