High-average-power HF/DF laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3574, Issue , 1998, Pages 334-340

  Lacour, Bernard ^a   Gagnol, Claude ^a   Prigent, Pascale ^a   Puech, Vincent ^b  

^a CILAS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

HF laser; high pressure gas discharge; photo triggering; SF6

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LASERS;

HF LASERS; HF/DF LASERS; HIGH-PRESSURE GAS DISCHARGES; LARGE VOLUMES; OUTPUT ENERGY; PHOTO-TRIGGERING; REPETITION RATE; SF6;

FLOW OF GASES;

EID: 0000995824     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.334453     Document Type: Conference Paper

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