Compact and efficient kinetically enhanced copper-vapor lasers of high (100-W) average power
Optics Letters, Vol. 28, Issue 20, pp. 1936-1938 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.28.001936
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Abstract
We report on severalfold increases in the output power of kinetically enhanced copper-vapor lasers operating in a regime of high specific input power and reduced tube insulation. Three laser tubes, of length 1 m and bore diameters 17.5, 25, and 32 mm, were investigated at constant input power. Output power of 104 W at 1.4% wall-plug efficiency was obtained for the largest tube. When the bore diameter was decreased to 17.5 mm, the output power and efficiency remained high (90 W at 1.0% efficiency), whereas the specific output power increased threefold. The output powers were as much as fivefold higher than those of previous small-scale (i.e., <25 mm -diameter) copper lasers of any type.
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OCIS Codes
(140.0140) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers and laser optics
(140.1340) Lasers and laser optics : Atomic gas lasers
(140.3460) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers
Citation
Richard P. Mildren and JamesA. Piper, "Compact and efficient kinetically enhanced copper-vapor lasers of high (100-W) average power," Opt. Lett. 28, 1936-1938 (2003)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-28-20-1936
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