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1 March 1995 Generation of short single-mode pulses from TEA CO2 laser with three-mirror cavity
Jan Badziak, Adam Dubicki, Roman Jarocki
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Abstract
A method for the generation of short, single-mode CO2 laser pulses by applying two voltage gates to an electro-optic Q-switch placed in a three-mirror cavity is proposed. The results of experimental and numerical tests of the method for a TEA CO2 laser are presented. It is shown that the method enables the user to obtain single megawatt pulses of duration in the 1 - 10 ns range.
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Jan Badziak, Adam Dubicki, and Roman Jarocki "Generation of short single-mode pulses from TEA CO2 laser with three-mirror cavity", Proc. SPIE 2202, Laser Technology IV: Research Trends, Instrumentation, and Applications in Metrology and Materials Processing, (1 March 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.203295
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KEYWORDS
Electro optics

Pulsed laser operation

Carbon dioxide lasers

Switches

Polarizers

Ions

Mirrors

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