Repetition-rate scaling of a kinetically enhanced copper-vapor laser.
The output power of a kinetically enhanced Cu-vapor laser is shown to increase linearly with pulse repetition frequency to an experimental limit of 22 kHz. Output power of >150 W has been produced by a medium-scale (38-mm diameter, 1.55-m long) device operating at 22 kHz.
Withford
M J
MJ
Centre for Lasers and Applications, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia.
Brown
D J
DJ
Piper
J A
JA