Monomode hybrid longitudinal CO2 laser for material processing

Mircea V. Udrea; Ali Alacakir; Sinan Bilikmen; Ozgul Kusdemir; Oguz Pervan

doi:10.1117/12.361157

8 September 1999 Monomode hybrid longitudinal CO₂ laser for material processing

Mircea V. Udrea, Ali Alacakir, Sinan Bilikmen, Ozgul Kusdemir, Oguz Pervan

Proceedings Volume 3862, 1999 International Conference on Industrial Lasers; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.361157
Event: International Symposium on Industrial Lasers, 1999, Wuhan, China

Abstract

A hybrid with small average power CO₂ laser is presented. The laser might operate both in a continuous regime and in a pulsed one. The advantages of the good optical quality beam of a longitudinal discharge laser and of a high power peak pulse are simultaneously achieved. A high voltage capacitor which is switched on by means of a rotary spark gap sustains the pulsed regime. The commutation between the two regimes might be easily done and a hybrid operation is also obtainable. Glass surface treatment using this laser was performed. Fine polishment of the irradiated surface was achieved. The fine structure of the surfaces which were irradiated have been studied using atomic force microscopy.

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Mircea V. Udrea, Ali Alacakir, Sinan Bilikmen, Ozgul Kusdemir, and Oguz Pervan "Monomode hybrid longitudinal CO₂ laser for material processing", Proc. SPIE 3862, 1999 International Conference on Industrial Lasers, (8 September 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.361157

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