This article is cited in 5 papers

Control of laser radiation parameters

Energy characteristics of a copper vapour laser in the range of stable thyratron operation

N. A. Yudin

Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

Abstract: It is shown that selection of the pump parameters of lasers based on self-terminating transitions is governed by the range of stable operation of a thyratron used in the excitation circuit. The reverse voltage across a thyratron varies anomalously during the initial heating period of a gas-discharge tube. This reverse voltage should be controlled in selecting the pump parameters for the active medium of the laser.

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.60.Jf

Received: 29.01.1998

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 1998, 28:9, 774–777

Bibliographic databases:

•