High pressure CO2 lasers are good candidates for amplifying picosecond mid infrared pulses. High pressure CO2 lasers are notorious for being unreliable and difficult to operate. In this paper a high pressure CO2 laser is presented based on well developed LC-inversion type excitation circuit. The laser contains internal room temperature catalysts allowing closed loop or rare isotope operation. The laser was designed for 300Hz operation and could achieve this for short time periods and could be operated at up to 200Hz for extended time periods. Some of the design features and experimental results are presented in this paper
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Botha, LR, Van Heerden, SP and Prinsloo, FJ. 2007. Picosecond mid-infrared amplifier for high average power. XVI International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers , pp 7.
Botha, L., Van Heerden, S., & Prinsloo, F. (2007). Picosecond mid-infrared amplifier for high average power. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3286
Botha, LR, SP Van Heerden, and FJ Prinsloo. "Picosecond mid-infrared amplifier for high average power." (2007): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3286
Botha L, Van Heerden S, Prinsloo F, Picosecond mid-infrared amplifier for high average power; 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3286 .