Construction of a carbon dioxide TEA laser
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Authors
Barr, Douglas Harmon
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Schwirzke, Fred R.
Ceglio, Natale M.
Date of Issue
1972-06
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
The recent, development of CO2 Transverse Excitation at Atmospheric Pressure (TEA) lasers- has: generated: expanding interest and success due to their: high. pulsed power: capabilities
and simplicity off construction. We therefore decided to construct a CO2 TEA laser because of the need for a high powered, pulsed, coherent radiation source with wave length near 10 microns to conduct absorption studies of laser-induced
plasmas. It was decided that the constructed laser
should have an output energy per pulse between 10 to 50 joules with a pulse time between 0.1 to 1.0 microseconds. This paper deals with the construction of that laser, and includes a discussion of the background and physics of operation of the CO2 TEA laser.
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Physics
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Naval Postgraduate School
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