Performance enhancement of elemental copper vapor lasers by bromine and hydrogenated bromine additives

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3092, Issue , 1997, Pages 68-71

  Carman, Robert J ^a   Withford, Michael J ^a   Brown, Daniel J W ^a   Piper, James A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buffer gas additives; Copper vapour laser; Dissociative attachment; Halogens; HBr; Hydrogen; Plasma kinetics

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BROMINE; CHEMICAL LASERS; COPPER; FLOW OF GASES; HYDROGEN; LASERS; PLASMAS; VAPORS;

BUFFER GAS ADDITIVES; COPPER VAPOUR LASER; DISSOCIATIVE ATTACHMENT; HALOGENS; HBR; PLASMA KINETICS;

DISSOCIATION;

EID: 3743071483     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.270156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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