Continuous-wave carbon dioxide laser system producing output power up to 135 kW

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3092, Issue , 1997, Pages 186-189

  Lander, Michael L ^a   Maxwell, Keith J ^a   Reilly, James P ^b   Hull, Robert J ^c  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b Northeast Science and Technology   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide laser; Electric discharge coaxial laser (EDCL); Fast flow axial laser; Gas lasers; High power laser; Laser power measurement

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CHEMICAL LASERS; DC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF GASES; GASES; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

CONTINUOUS WAVES; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; FAST-FLOW AXIAL LASER; HARDENED MATERIALS; HIGH POWER LASER; LASER CAVITIES; LASER OUTPUT POWER; LASER POWER MEASUREMENT; MASS FLOWS; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS; OUTPUT POWER; SPATIAL INTENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPORAL STABILITIES; THERMAL RESPONSE; WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE;

LASER DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 62249146172     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.270213     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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2. J. P. Reilly, M. L. Lander, K. Maxwell, R. Hull, "Design construction and operation of a 65kW carbon dioxide electric discharge coaxial laser device," Madrid, Spain. SPIE 8th international symposium on gas flow and chemical lasers, No. 1397-108B, 339-354 (1990).
3. M. L. Lander, J. O. Bagford, D. B. Seibert II and R. J. Hull, "High power calibration of commercial power meters using and NIST-traceable secondary standard," Journal of Laser Applications, 8, 103-107 (1996).