Botha, LRVan Heerden, SPPrinsloo, FJ2009-04-032009-04-032007-04Botha, 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 7.9780819464309http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3286Published in the Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical EngineeringHigh 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 paperenPulse amplificationMid infrared pulsesPicosecondCO2 laserGas FlowChemical LasersHigh-Power LasersConference PresentationBotha, L., Van Heerden, S., & Prinsloo, F. (2007). Picosecond mid-infrared amplifier for high average power. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3286Botha, LR, SP Van Heerden, and FJ Prinsloo. "Picosecond mid-infrared amplifier for high average power." (2007): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3286Botha L, Van Heerden S, Prinsloo F, Picosecond mid-infrared amplifier for high average power; 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3286 .TY - Conference Presentation 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 - 2007-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Pulse amplification KW - Mid infrared pulses KW - Picosecond KW - CO2 laser KW - Gas Flow KW - Chemical Lasers KW - High-Power Lasers LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2007 SM - 9780819464309 T1 - Picosecond mid-infrared amplifier for high average power TI - Picosecond mid-infrared amplifier for high average power UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3286 ER -