Abstract
In recent years, narrow electrode gap. area scalable discharges produced by transverse RF excitation have given major increases in power density for diffusion cooled CO2, CO and Xe lasers, with hybrid resonators, such as the stable/waveguide-unstable configuration giving high beam quality [1]. Fast flow gas lasers produce higher total power, but operate at lower power density, limited by gas flow and discharge stability effects. In this paper, we investigate the narrow gap, slab RF discharge with fast axial gas flow as a route to high pressure, high power density, continuously operating gas lasers.
© 1996 IEEE
PDF ArticleMore Like This
G A J Markillie, J G Betterton, H J Baker, and D R Hall
CThJ2 The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/Europe) 1998
Manabu Taniwaki, Kaoru Igarashi, Shunichi Sato, and Ikuzo Tanaka
CWF10 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1991
Shunichi Sato, Kouki Shimizu, and Kojiro Shimamoto
CThK1 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1994