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A 30 W Copper Vapor Laser Using a Vacuum Tube Based Pulse Generator  

진정태 (한국원자력연구소)
차병헌 (한국원자력연구소)
김철중 (한국원자력연구소)
이흥호 (충남대학 전기공학과)
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The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C / v.52, no.12, 2003 , pp. 568-572 More about this Journal
Abstract
A longitudinal discharge heated copper vapor laser with internal diameter 28 mm and discharge length 1.3 m has been constructed and tested. At the discharging voltage 15.2 kV, pulse repetition rate 10 kHz, buffer gas pressure 40 mbar, and internal temperature of the laser plasma tube $1520^{\circ}C$, it delivers more than 30 W average laser outputs.
Keywords
Copper vapor laser; Metal vapor laser; Pulse generator;
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