Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 2, Issue 2, 02100(2004)
Electro-optically Q-switched RF excited partial Z-folded CO2 waveguide laser
An electro-optically Q-switched partial Z-folded RF CO_{2} waveguide laser with an intracavity CdTe modulator has been designed and characterized. The partial Z-fold channel is 3*460 mm in length. In this paper we study the laser output power as a function of gas pressure for partial Z-fold channel without Q-switched crystal inside the cavity. The maximum laser output power is about 21 W. For Q-switch operation, the peak power is 730 W and the pulse width is 150 ns.
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Hussein Badran, Zhaoshuo Tian, Qi Wang. Electro-optically Q-switched RF excited partial Z-folded CO2 waveguide laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2004, 2(2): 02100