Abstract
The effect of the prepulse electron density and population of the lower laser (metastable) level on lasing characteristics of the pulsed copper vapor laser is considered. In the analysis of their effect, attention is paid to the need to consider the correlation of these parameters. It is emphasized that the effect of the prepulse electron density depends on the electron heating rate at the beginning of the excitation pulse. The conditions controlling the electron heating rate and methods for reducing the effect of this parameter are considered.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
G. G. Petrash, Preprint No. 28 (Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, 1999) [in Russian].
G. G. Petrash, Laser Phys. 10, 994 (2000).
B. L. Borovich, E. I. Molodykh, L. A. Ryazanskaya, and V. V. Tykotsky, Kvantovaya Elektron. 17, 1265 (1990).
R. J. Carman, M. J. Withford, D. J. W. Brown, and J. A. Piper, Opt. Comm. 157, 99 (1998).
A. M. Boichenko, G. S. Evtushenko, O. V. Zhdaneev, and S. I. Yakovlenko, Laser Phys. 11, 580 (2001).
A. M. Boichenko and G. S. Yakovlenko, Kvantovaya Elektron. 32, 172 (2002).
L. G. Diachkov and G. A. Kobzev, Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 48, 2343 (1978).
R. J. Carman, in Pulsed Metal Vapour Laser, Ed. by C. E. Little and N. V. Sabotinov (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1995), p. 203.
P. A. Bokhan, V. A. Gerasimov, V. I. Solomonov, and V. B. Shcheglov, Kvantovaya Elektron. 5, 2162 (1978).
P. A. Bokhan, Kvantovaya Elektron. 12, 945 (1985).
P. A. Bokhan and D. E. Zakrevsky, Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 67, 54 (1997) [Tech. Phys. 42, 504 (1997)].
R. J. Carman, J. Appl. Phys. 82, 71 (1997).
N. A. Lyabin, A. D. Chursin, S. A. Ugolnikov, et al., Quantum Electron. 31, 191 (2001).
N. A. Lyabin, Opt. Atmos. Okeana 13(3), 258 (2000).
R. J. Carman, D. J. W. Brown, and J. A. Piper, IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 30, 1876 (1994).
M. J. Withford, D. J. W. Brown, and J. A. Piper, Opt. Commun. 110, 699 (1994).
M. J. Withford, PhD Thesis, (Macquarie University, Sydney, 1995).
K. I. Zemskov, A. A. Isaev, and G. G. Petrash, Preprint No. 40 (Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, 1998) [in Russian].
K. I. Zemskov, A. A. Isaev, and G. G. Petrash, Quantum Electron. 27, 183 (1999).
M. A. Lesnoi, Kvantovaya Elektron. 11, 205 (1984).
G. P. Hogan, PhD Thesis (Oxford University, 1993).
G. P. Hogan and C. E. Webb, “Copper Laser Kinetics—A Comparative Study” in Pulsed Metal Vapour Lasers, Ed. by C. E. Little and N. V. Sabotinov, (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1996), p. 29.
G. P. Hogan and C. E. Webb, Meas. Sci. Technol. 8, 1095 (1997).
Additional information
Original Russian Text © G.G. Petrash, 2007, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2007, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 34–43.
About this article
Cite this article
Petrash, G.G. Correlation of prepulse plasma parameters with metastable level population and their effect on lasing characteristics of the pulsed copper vapor laser. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 34, 208–213 (2007). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335607070056
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335607070056