Electron-Beam Controlled CO₂ Lasers

Abstract

This paper reviews the characteristics and recent applications of electron-beam controlled CO₂ lasers on the base of the system of the Osaka University. The system has much advantages over TEA lasers. It can provide intense short pulses of as high as 1kJ energy and as short as 1 ns or less width. Many systems are used for the studies of nonlinear interaction with matters, such as a beat-wave accelerator.