Indigenous development of a 2 kW RF-excited fast axial flow CO2 laser

Pramana

A Verma¹  A K Biswas1¹  L M Kukreja¹  M S Bhagat¹  L B Rana¹ 

[1] Laser Material Processing Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 012, India$$

关键词: CO2 laser;    RF excitation;    fast axial flow;    impedance matching;    laser material processing.;   

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学科分类：物理（综合）

来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

RF-excited fast axial flow CO2 lasers in kilowatt regime are presently being used for various new scientific applications in addition to laser material processing because of its versatility and superior beam quality. We have indigenously developed a compact 2 kW RF-excited fast axial flow CO2 laser with moderate beam quality. In this paper the key design features of the laser and the associated high power capacitively coupled RF excitation technique are discussed in detail. Operational characteristics of this system are described along with the experimental findings.

【 授权许可】

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