UV Gas Laser Investigations

Abstract

The development of the first table-top E-beam excitate laser and the quasi-cw operation of the Ar-N2 laser with an output pulse of 150 ns is described. Using the table-top E-gun, an output energy of 125 mJ was extracted from a 100 cc Ar-N2 laser with an overall efficiency of 0.05%. Peak laser powers of 10MW and 400 MW were also obtained in a 25 ns pulse from Ar-N2 and Xe, respectively, using the Physics International Pulserad 535 E-gun.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA013321

Entities

People

  • E. R. Ault
  • M. L. Bhaumik
  • R. S. Bradford Jr.

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Current Density
  • Electron Beams
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equations
  • Gas Cells
  • Geometry
  • High Energy
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Gases
  • Laser Science
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Measurement
  • Nitrogen Lasers
  • Optics
  • Xenon Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers