A. M. Belen'kiĭ, V. V. Vasil'tsov, V. S. Golubev, A. M. Zabelin, F. V. Lebedev, P. G. Leonov, D. K. Medvedev, A. A. Morozenkov, S. K. Chekin, R. G. Shakirov, “Operation of a high-power industrial CO2 laser under conditions of amplification of pulse-periodic radiation”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1986, Volume 13, Number 8,Pages 1720

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Operation of a high-power industrial CO₂ laser under conditions of amplification of pulse-periodic radiation

A. M. Belen'kiĭ, V. V. Vasil'tsov, V. S. Golubev, A. M. Zabelin, F. V. Lebedev, P. G. Leonov, D. K. Medvedev, A. A. Morozenkov, S. K. Chekin, R. G. Shakirov

Abstract: Experiments were carried out on a master oscillator-amplifier system. The oscillator was a CO₂ laser with diffusion cooling (ILGN-702) and the amplifier was a fast-flow CO₂ laser with a self-maintained transverse discharge. Modulation of the input radiation reaching the amplifier generated periodic pulses with an average power of 4.5 kW and a maximum peak power up to 36 kW. In the cw regime the power of the radiation obtained from the amplifier was 6.5 kW.

UDC: 621.373.826.038.823

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.60.By, 42.60.Rn, 42.60.Fc, 42.60.Pk, 42.60.Da

Received: 29.07.1985
Revised: 10.12.1985