Tunable High Pressure Radio Frequency Excited CO[sub]2[/sub] Laser

Stian Lovold; Gunnar Wang

doi:10.1117/12.935902

13 December 1983 Tunable High Pressure Radio Frequency Excited CO₂ Laser

Stian Lovold, Gunnar Wang

Proceedings Volume 0415, Coherent Infrared Radar Systems and Applications II; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935902
Event: 1983 Technical Symposium East, 1983, Arlington, United States

Abstract

This paper will review experimental work which has demonstrated that it is feasible to obtain continuous frequency tuning between line centers with a pulsed rf-excited high pressure CO2 waveguide laser. Using 7 kW input power at 40 MHz, a 300-GHz-wide tuning range from the R(12) to the R(26) line in the 10.4-μm band has been obtained at 10-atm gas pressure. The laser has been operated at up to 1-kHz pulse repetition frequency with 300-ns-long output pulses showing good amplitude stability.

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Stian Lovold and Gunnar Wang "Tunable High Pressure Radio Frequency Excited CO₂ Laser", Proc. SPIE 0415, Coherent Infrared Radar Systems and Applications II, (13 December 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935902

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