Life And Reliability Of Helium-Cadmium Lasers

William F. Hug

doi:10.1117/12.933882

23 July 1982 Life And Reliability Of Helium-Cadmium Lasers

William F. Hug

Proceedings Volume 0328, Laser and Laser Systems Reliability; (1982) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.933882
Event: 1982 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1982, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

From the perspective of the OEM user, the lifetime and reliability of lasers is discussed. Field failure symptoms are related to failure modes within laser systems. Hard and soft failure modes are discussed along with a description of normal failure probability statistics. Hard sealed integral mirror and brewster window plasma tube lifetime are compared.

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William F. Hug "Life And Reliability Of Helium-Cadmium Lasers", Proc. SPIE 0328, Laser and Laser Systems Reliability, (23 July 1982); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.933882

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