A. A. Ionin, Yu. M. Klimachev, A. Yu. Kozlov, A. A. Kotkov, A. K. Kurnosov, A. P. Napartovich, O. A. Rulev, L. V. Seleznev, D. V. Sinitsyn, G. D. Hager, S. L. Shnyrev, “A pulsed overtone CO laser with efficiency of 16%”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2006, Volume 36, Number 12,Pages <nobr>1153

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Lasers

A pulsed overtone CO laser with efficiency of 16%

A. A. Ionin^a, Yu. M. Klimachev^a, A. Yu. Kozlov^a, A. A. Kotkov^a, A. K. Kurnosov^b, A. P. Napartovich^b, O. A. Rulev^a, L. V. Seleznev^a, D. V. Sinitsyn^a, G. D. Hager^c, S. L. Shnyrev^b

^a P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b State Research Center of Russian Federation "Troitsk Institute for Innovation and Fusion Research"
^c US Air Force Research Laboratories, USA

Abstract: It is shown that the efficiency of a pulsed e-beam sustained discharge overtone CO laser in the multiline regime achieves 16% and in the single-line regime its efficiency is 0.75%. The theoretical and experimental data are in good agreement taking into account the local specific energy input.

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.60.Lh

Received: 11.07.2006
Revised: 30.10.2006