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Long-duration high-efficiency operation of a continuously pulsed copper laser utilizing copper bromide as a lasantA copper laser utilizing copper bromide as a lasant and neon as the buffer gas has been operated at an average laser power of between 16 and 19.5 W for a period of 68 h. Lasing was attained at a pulsing rate of 16.7 kHz in a quartz discharge tube 2.5-cm in diameter with an electrode separation of 200 cm. The laser energy/pulse and peak power/pulse corresponding to an average power of 19.5 W are 1.2 mJ and 30 kW, respectively. The ratio of laser power at 510.6 and 578.2 nm varied from 3.9 to 1.1 corresponding to a total average laser power of 4 and 18 W, respectively. The highest wall plug and capacitor efficiency measured during 68 h of operation were 0.7 and 1.1%, respectively.
Document ID
19780060845
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Chen, C. J.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bhanji, A. M.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Russell, G. R.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
July 15, 1978
Publication Information
Publication: Applied Physics Letters
Volume: 33
Subject Category
Lasers And Masers
Accession Number
78A44754
Distribution Limits
Public
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