ELECTRICAL AND GAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF A MULTI-ATMOSPHERE UV-PREIONIZED CO2-LASER

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作者
TAYLOR, RS
ALCOCK, AJ
SARJEANT, WJ
LEOPOLD, KE
机构
[1] Division of Physics, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
[2] Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, NM.
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D O I
10.1109/JQE.1979.1069911
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The scaling parameters of a UV-preionized TE CO2 laser which permit the direct comparison of small-signal gains as a function of laser pressure have, been investigated in the pressure range of 4–19 atm. Careful measurements of the gain as a function of laser pressure in both the 9.4 and 10.4 µm vibrational bands were made under the appropriate scaling conditions. A theoretical model for the gain incorporating regular, hot band, and sequence band rotational lines, with. proper account taken of non-Lorentzian line overlap effects, predicts the observed pressure dependence of the small-signal gain. Copyright © 1979 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
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页数:10
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