Design and experimental study of radio frequency excited rectangle waveguide CO2 laser
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Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Corresponding author:
TAN Rongqing, rongqingtan@163.com
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Received Date:
2016-03-07
Accepted Date:
2016-04-01
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Abstract
In order to research and develop compact radio frequency(RF)-excited waveguide laser and study the factors affecting laser output performance, a compact RF-excited rectangle waveguide CO2 laser was designed and developed by using parallel plane resonator and inner electrode structure. Output mirror of transmissivity 20% was used in the experiment. Under the gas pressure of 14kPa, laser power is up to 12W and the optimal electron-photon conversion efficiency reaches 9.4%. The results show that gas pressure and input power are the main factors affecting laser output performance. The experimental results achieve the expected experimental results and provide technical references for the development of this type of appliance.
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