Pulsed CO2-laser with 15-kW average power at 100-Hz rep-rate

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3092, Issue , 1997, Pages 114-117

  Jung, M ^a,b   Mayerhofer, Wilhelm ^a   Renz, Guenther ^a   Zeyfang, Eberhard ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b AMS ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron beam controlled lasen; High average power pulsed CO2 laser

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL LASERS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FLOW OF GASES; LASERS;

ELECTRON-BEAM; HIGH-AVERAGE POWER PULSED CO2-LASER; LASER OPERATIONS; OUTPUT POWER; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; REPETITION RATES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 62249198994     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.270196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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