A transverse gas flow TEA C0₂ laser has been constructed and the use of a perforated hollow rod to serve simultaneously as the cathode of the discharge and the gas inlet vessel was successfully demonstrated.
The electrical efficiency of the laser is typically 3% with peak powers of 40 kw being emitted on the P(20), P(18) and P(16) lines of the C0₂ spectrum. A parametric study of peak power, gas pressure, gas composition,
time delay of the laser pulse and the interdependence
of these quantities was undertaken. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/32694 |
| Date | January 1973 |
| Creators | Laidley, Thomas Edward |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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