High-power, continuously solar pumped and Q-switched iodine laser

Autor: W. R. Weaver, D. H. Humes, B. M. Tabibi, J. H. Lee
Rok vydání: 1988
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings.
ISSN: 0094-243X
DOI: 10.1063/1.37393
Popis: A train of high power (up to 160 W) Q‐switched pulses at up to 1 kHz were continuously produced from a CW solar‐simulator pumped iodine laser system. The Q‐switching was accomplished by a fast mechanical chopper in the laser cavity and is the first reported Q‐switching of a CW iodine laser. The dependence of CW and Q‐switched laser powers on parameters such as the iodide vapor pressure, the flow rate, and the chopper speed are discussed.
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