Development of an All-Solid-State Exciter for a High Average-Power TEA CO2 Laser

Hidekazu HATANAKA; Nobuo KAWAHARA; Katsumi MIDORIKAWA; Minoru OBARA; Hideo TASHIRO

doi:10.2184/lsj.20.5_322

Development of an All-Solid-State Exciter for a High Average-Power TEA CO₂ Laser

Hidekazu HATANAKA, Nobuo KAWAHARA, Katsumi MIDORIKAWA, Minoru OBARA, Hideo TASHIRO

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Keywords: TEA CO₂ laser, All-solid-state exciter, Magnetic pulse compressor, High average power

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1992 Volume 20 Issue 5 Pages 322-336

DOI https://doi.org/10.2184/lsj.20.5_322

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Abstract

An all-solid-state exciter with a three-stage magnetic pulse compressor has been designed and constructed for a high repetition-rate transversely excited atmospheric CO₂ laser. An average laser power of 1.5 kW was obtained at a repetition rate of 200 pps, with an overall efficiency of 7.3%. This is the first time that the average CO₂ laser power of more than 1 kW has been demonstrated by an all-solid-state exciter.

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