Botha, LRVan Heerden, SPPrinsloo, FJ2009-01-232009-01-232006-09Botha, LR, Van Heerden, SP and Prinsloo, FJ. 2006. Short pulse mid-infrared amplifier for high average power. SPIE XVI International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers, Vol. 6346(2007), pp 70277-786Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/2890XVI International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers, edited by Dieter Schuöcker, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6346, 63463B, (2007) 0277-786X/07/$18 doi: 10.1117/12.739382High 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 paperenCO2 laserPulse amplificationMid-infraredPicosecondLaser designsSPIEArticleBotha, L., Van Heerden, S., & Prinsloo, F. (2006). Short pulse mid-infrared amplifier for high average power. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2890Botha, LR, SP Van Heerden, and FJ Prinsloo "Short pulse mid-infrared amplifier for high average power." (2006) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2890Botha L, Van Heerden S, Prinsloo F. Short pulse mid-infrared amplifier for high average power. 2006; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2890.TY - Article AU - Botha, LR AU - Van Heerden, SP AU - Prinsloo, FJ AB - 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 DA - 2006-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - CO2 laser KW - Pulse amplification KW - Mid-infrared KW - Picosecond KW - Laser designs KW - SPIE LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2006 SM - 0277-786X T1 - Short pulse mid-infrared amplifier for high average power TI - Short pulse mid-infrared amplifier for high average power UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2890 ER -