V. P. Garashchuk, P. A. Vasilets, V. I. Kirseĭ, I. A. Porazhinskiĭ, A. A. Svirgun, “Electric-discharge cw industrial CO<sub>2</sub> laser”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1982, Volume 9, Number 10,Pages <nobr>2028

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Electric-discharge cw industrial CO₂ laser

V. P. Garashchuk, P. A. Vasilets, V. I. Kirseĭ, I. A. Porazhinskiĭ, A. A. Svirgun

Abstract: An experimental CO₂ laser is described, having an output power of 1.5 kW. The use of an electric-discharge unit containing a plane anode and nickel rod cathodes made it possible to couple 150 W into the active medium per cathode (input energy per unit mass 200 J/g, input power per unit volume 5.5 W/cm³, maximum electrooptic efficiency 24%). The service life of the cathodes exceeded 400 h. The relative stability of the output power, without recourse to stabilization, was 2–3% for continuous operation (without switching off) over a period of 8 h. The laser could be operated for 8 h without replenishing the active mixture and a helium-free CO₂–N₂–H₂O mixture could be used.

UDC: 621.373.826.038.823

PACS: 42.60.By, 42.55.Dk, 52.80.-s

Received: 03.11.1981