Working medium composition and degradation effects on performance of the 1.2-kW CO2 laser

Adam Cenian; P. Kukiello; Gerard Sliwinski

doi:10.1117/12.144621

4 May 1993 Working medium composition and degradation effects on performance of the 1.2-kW CO2 laser

Adam Cenian, P. Kukiello, Gerard Sliwinski

Proceedings Volume 1810, 9th International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.144621
Event: Ninth International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers, 1992, Heraklion, Greece

Abstract

The strikingly small affect of the mixture degradation on the power extraction observed experimentally in the MLT-1200 laser has led to the examination of the time characteristics of laser output as a function of the gas mixture composition. Processes competitive to the working mixture degradation were considered and we found that the optimum concentrations of CO₂ and N₂ lie in the region 2 <EQ [CO₂] <EQ 3% and 30 <EQ [N₂] <EQ 40%, respectively.

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Adam Cenian, P. Kukiello, and Gerard Sliwinski "Working medium composition and degradation effects on performance of the 1.2-kW CO2 laser", Proc. SPIE 1810, 9th International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers, (4 May 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.144621

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