A COPPER HYBRID LASER OF 120W AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER AND 2.2-PERCENT EFFICIENCY

被引:16
作者
JONES, DR
MAITLAND, A
LITTLE, CE
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[1] J. F. Allen Research Laboratories, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY 16 9SS, Fife, North Haugh
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10.1007/BF00419003
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A copper HyBrID laser (lambda = 510.6, 578.2 nm) is reported which produced 121 W at 2.2% efficiency (based on stored energy), with a pulse recurrence frequency of 18 kHz. For an output power of 100 W, the efficiency was 2.6%. A 21% enhancement in output power was achieved by eliminating parasitic stimulated emission due to back-reflection from the silica discharge-tube windows.
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