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The Slab Waveguide $CO_2$ Laser with Unstable Resonator of Negative Branch  

김규식 (목원대 공대 전자공학과)
우삼용 (한국표준과학연구원 물리표준부)
이영우 (목원대 공대 전자공학과)
최종운 (호남대 공대 정보통신공학과)
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The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C / v.52, no.12, 2003 , pp. 586-591 More about this Journal
Abstract
We have developed the radio frequency excited slab waveguide $CO_2$ laser, The dimension of active area is $2{\times}40{\times}400$ mm to get a laser gain. Two pieces of concave mirror are used to make the unstable resonator of negative branch. The radio frequency is 123 MHz and RF input power is from 100 to 900 W. The laser gas is set to a pressure of 10 ∼ 60 torr and the mixing ration is $CO_2$:$N_2$:He=1:1:3. The laser output power of 50.9 W was obtained with laser power to RF power efficiency of 6.5 %.
Keywords
slab; $CO_2$ laser; waveguide; radio frequency;
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