Copper bromide laser of 120-W average output power

Effect of addition of hydrogen to neon buffer gas of copper bromide vapor laser on its spectral and temporal characteristics

“…It was found that hydrogen changes the decay rates and the radial distribution of copper metastables in CBVL [5]. The reported studies on the effect of addition of hydrogen to neon buffer gas of the CBVL have highlighted the increase of total output power of the laser [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] however its effect on the spectral components of the output is not reported so far. The power and temporal characteristics of each spectral component of the laser are important in many applications, like sum frequency generation, dye laser pumping, etc.…”

“…The output power and efficiency of the CBVL increases by addition of small amounts of hydrogen to the neon buffer gas [2][3][4][5]. It was found that hydrogen changes the decay rates and the radial distribution of copper metastables in CBVL [5].…”

Statistical analysis of the CuBr laser efficiency improvement

“…The experimental database of the Laboratory of Metal Vapour Lasers with the Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences has been used for the purpose of this statistical analysis [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. The work is a continuation of results reported earlier [11,12].…”

The effect of an axial external magnetic field on the output power of a small-bore CuBr laser

“…The operating temperature of copper halide lasers (400-600°C) depends on the vapor pressure and type of the compounds and is much lower than that of the pure CVL (1550-1700°C). This advantage yields a significantly shorter warm-up time for the halide laser, which is important to reduce downtime in commercial applications [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Numerous experimental investigations have been performed to increase the efficiency and average output power of CVL [8][9][10].…”