HIGH POWER GAS LASERS FOR CS/NV APPLICATIONS.

Abstract

The construction and life testing of sealed-off CO2 lasers are described. A lifetime of 1080 hours was obtained from an all-quartz laser using a CO2-N2-He-Xe mix. Powers of 40 W/meter and efficiencies as high as 18 percent have been obtained from other lasers tested. Both visible spectroscopy and gas pressure measurements indicate substantial loss of CO2 when a laser fails. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0826467

Entities

People

  • T. Deutsch

Organizations

  • RTX

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Construction
  • Efficiency
  • Frequency Combs
  • Gas Lasers
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers