Stabilization of an AM mode-locked tea CO2 laser

An increased shot-to-shot reproducibility has been obtained by injection of radiation from a cw CO2 laser in an amplitude mode-locked TEA CO2 laser without additional pulse broadening. Stable pulses variable from 900 ps up to 4 ns have been generated with this new technique

Increased reliability of passive mode-locking a multi-atmosphere TE CO2 laser by injection mode-locking

By injection of manosecond pulses from an AM mode-locked TEA CO2 laser in a passive mode-locked multi-atmosphere TE CO2 laser the shot-to-shot reproducibility of the generated subnanosecond pulses was increased to almost 100%

Pulse forming in an AM mode-locking hybrid TEA-CO2 laser

We performed an experimental study on the pulse forming mechanism in an AM mode-locked hybrid TEA-CO2 laser by means of “injection mode-locking”. The results show that bandwidth limited pulses will only be reached within a small - critical - range of parameters. Furthermore, under some stringent conditions, the pulse-widths obtained become comparable to the non-hybrid case. We demonstrate also that the relation between the pulse-width and the modulation-depth is not different from a non-hybrid AM mode-locked TEA-CO2 laser

Line broadening in an AM mode-locked TEA-CO2 laser

By means of injection mode-locking, we were able to measure the bandwidth limited pulse duration of an AM mode-locked TEA-CO2 laser for different laser-gas mixtures. From these measurements we confirm the theoretical relation between bandwidth and pulse duration. The bandwidth under laser discharge conditions is similar to that of the neutral gas

High-repetition-rate x-ray preionization source

A high repetition rate X-ray source for preionization of high-pressure self sustained laser discharges has been studied. Use has been made of a corona plasma cathode and a water cooled reflective target. A dosage of l8mRad per pulse and per joule of input energy at a repetition rate of 300Hz continuously and 1kHz burst could be obtained. A rise time of the X-ray power of l3ns has been observed

Pulse broadening in injection mode locked TEA CO2 lasers

The broadening mechanism on the output pulses of an injection mode locked TEA CO2 laser has been studied by varying the width of the injected gaussian pulses

The influence of charge-mode operation of a XeCl laser on the beam profile

The shape of the beam profile of a discharge excited XeCl excimer laser using a spiker-sustainer electrical circuit has been varied from a `bell¿-, through a `top-hat¿-, to a `camel-back¿-profile by varying the delay between the spiker pulse and the main-current with the circuit operating in the charge-mode. Fine-tuning of the beam profile can be done by varying the charging voltage of the main pulse forming network or the temperature of a gas purifier regulating the Xe and HCl partial pressures

An independently adjustable multiline AM mode-locked TEA CO2laser

A new method is described for constructing an AM mode-locked, multiline TEA CO2laser oscillator generating nanosecond pulses. The multiline behavior is achieved by spatial separation of the rotational transitions at the amplifying medium. The setup generates 1.15 ns pulses with an energy of 3.7 mJ per pulse and containing simultaneously six rotational transitions in the 10.6 µmP-branch

Beam divergence studies on a hard edge unstable resonators for a long pulse XeCl excimer laser

The focusability of a long pulse XeCl excimer laser has been improved using confocal positive branch unstable resonators where the outcoupling is done through the convex mirror. A nearly diffraction limited output beam is obtained from hard edge unstable resonators. An improvement of the far field energy distribution is achieved with partial reflecting hard edge outcoupling mirrors. The phase delay between the central part of the beam and the beam edge caused by these partial reflecting mirrors can be reduced by using phase unifying mirrors. Using unstable resonators a brightness of 1.4 × 1015 W/cm2 sr has been obtained from a long pulse XeCl excimer lase