Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 46, Issue 2, 0201002(2019)

A Mid-Infrared Pulsed HF Chemical Laser with 100 Hz Repetition Rate

Chao Huang*, Ke Huang, Aiping Yi, Feng Zhu, Lianying Ma, and Xiaoxia An
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  • State Key Laboratory of Laser Interaction with Matter, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology,Xi'an, Shaanxi 710024, China
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    A compact, closed-circle, high repetition frequency non-chain HF chemical laser is demonstrated based on the electric-discharge ignition mode via self-acting ultraviolet pre-ionization. A pair of asymmetric electrodes defines a 12 mm×17 mm×460 mm discharge volume. The circle gas flow is forced through this discharge volume to flush spent gas and replace it with fresh gas. The circulating gas flow in the vertical direction to the optical axis and the flow rate is 9 m/s. When the total gas pressure is 14 kPa, an average power of 50 W is realized with 100 Hz repetition rate in the gas mixture with mol-fractions of 92% SF6 and 8% C2H6.

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    Chao Huang, Ke Huang, Aiping Yi, Feng Zhu, Lianying Ma, Xiaoxia An. A Mid-Infrared Pulsed HF Chemical Laser with 100 Hz Repetition Rate[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2019, 46(2): 0201002

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Sep. 10, 2018

    Accepted: Nov. 11, 2018

    Published Online: May. 9, 2019

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    DOI:10.3788/CJL201946.0201002

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