• Development of a 16 kHz repetition rate, 110 W average power copper HyBrID laser

• # Fulltext

https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/pram/075/05/0953-0959

• # Keywords

Copper HyBrID laser; high repetition-rate laser; pulsed discharge; hydrogen bromide.

• # Abstract

This paper presents the design and performance analysis of an indigenously developed 110 W average output power copper HyBrID laser operating at 16 kHz pulse repetition rate. The laser active medium was confined within a fused silica tube of $\sim 6$ cm diameter and $\sim 200$ cm active length. An in-house developed high-power ($\sim 10$ kW) solid-state pulser was used as the electrical excitation source. A simple estimation of deposited electrical power, at the laser head, was carried out and based on it, the laser tube efficiency was found to be 2.9% at 70 W and 2.2% at 110 W laser power levels.

• # Author Affiliations

1. Laser Systems Engineering Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India

• # Pramana – Journal of Physics

Volume 94, 2019
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Posted on July 25, 2019