1. A high-average-power copper vapor and HCl-H2 laser
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E. Le Guyadec, P. Regnard, Pierre Nouvel, C.E. Valrho (DCC/DTE/SLC), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - CNRS - UBFC (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), and Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (LCE)
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Materials science ,Switched-mode power supply ,business.industry ,Optical engineering ,Analytical chemistry ,High voltage ,Optical power ,Power factor ,Laser ,law.invention ,[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] ,law ,[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic ,Optoelectronics ,Laser power scaling ,business ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Power density - Abstract
A large volume laser tube of dimensions 80-mm inner diameter by 3-m long (15.1 litres) has been built for the study of extrapolation in power of the Cu-Ne-HCl-H2 laser medium. A high power (77 kW) all solid state high voltage power supply has been also used for this purpose. Results show an improvement of the optical power after the HCl/H2 mixture injection. An optical power of 312 W has been extracted from this laser head in oscillator configuration.© (2005) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
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- 2004