High-repetition rate industrial TEA CO2 laser with average output power of 1.5 kW

Chongyi Wan; Shiming Liu; Jinwen Zhou; Jilan Qi; Xiaola Yang; Jin Wu; Rongqing Tan; Lichun Wang; Qichu Mei

doi:10.1117/12.204898

31 March 1995 High-repetition rate industrial TEA CO2 laser with average output power of 1.5 kW

Chongyi Wan, Shiming Liu, Jinwen Zhou, Jilan Qi, Xiaola Yang, Jin Wu, Rongqing Tan, Lichun Wang, Qichu Mei

Proceedings Volume 2502, Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers: Tenth International Symposium; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.204898
Event: Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers: Tenth International Symposium, 1994, Friedrichshafen, Germany

Abstract

High power high repetition rate TEA CO₂ laser has potential importance in material processing such as shock hardening, glazing, drilling, welding, and cutting for high damage threshold materials, as well as in chemical reaction and isotope separation. This paper describes a transverse-flow closed-cycle UV-preionized TEA CO₂ laser with peak pulse power of 20 MW, maximum average power of 1.5 KW at repetition rate of 300 HZ. The laser has compact constructure of gas flow circulation system using tangential fans. With addition of small amounts of H₂ and CO to the normal CO₂-N₂-He gas mixture, one filling sealed operating lifetime is up to millions of pulses. A novel spark gap switch has been developed for very high repetition rate laser discharge in the condition of high pulse power.

Citation Download Citation

Chongyi Wan, Shiming Liu, Jinwen Zhou, Jilan Qi, Xiaola Yang, Jin Wu, Rongqing Tan, Lichun Wang, and Qichu Mei "High-repetition rate industrial TEA CO2 laser with average output power of 1.5 kW", Proc. SPIE 2502, Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers: Tenth International Symposium, (31 March 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.204898

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available