V. O. Nekhoroshev, V. F. Fedorov, G. S. Evtushenko, S. N. Torgaev, “Copper bromide vapour laser with a pulse repetition rate up to 700 kHz”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2012, Volume 42, Number 10,Pages <nobr>877

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Copper bromide vapour laser with a pulse repetition rate up to 700 kHz

V. O. Nekhoroshev^a, V. F. Fedorov^b, G. S. Evtushenko^a, S. N. Torgaev^ba

^a Tomsk Polytechnic University
^b Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Tomsk

Abstract: The results of the experimental study of a copper bromide vapour laser at high repetition rates of regular pump pulses are presented. A record-high pulse repetition rate of 700 kHz is attained for lasing at self-terminating transitions in copper atoms. To analyse the obtained results, use is made of the data of numerical modelling of the plasma kinetics in the phase of pumping and discharge afterglow.

Keywords: copper bromide vapour laser, self-terminating transitions, pulsed pumping, pulse repetition rate, excitation, lasing.

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.60.Lh

Received: 15.05.2012
Revised: 10.07.2012