Technology Assessment of High Pulse Energy CO(2) Lasers for Remote Sensing from Satellites1985 - 45 pages |
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average power catalyst chirp reduction closed cycle CO2 CO₂ CO2 concentrations CO2 laser operation CO2 laser systems common and rare conversion efficiency corona discharge cross-section CW CO2 lasers CW laser cycle CO2 laser discharge E-beam sustained operation electrode energy/cm² extending the lifetime external injection control FIGURE frequency chirp Gas chromatograph gas mixtures gaussian beam heterodyne detection high pulse energy isotope CO2 laser Joules JPL ref LaRC ref laser medium laser mixture latm lobe long lifetime long pulse longitudinal mode low pulse energy Lumonics laser mass spectrometer Master Oscillator Power MOPA Old Dominion University Oscillator Power Amplifier output coupling output energy population inversion preionized unstable resonator pulse duration pulse energy CO2 rare isotope CO2 recombination rates resonator CO2 laser RF excitation RSRE ref satellite sealed CW CO2 Spectra Technology Inc substrate TEA laser telescopic stable resonators tests transverse mode University of Maryland unstable resonator CO2 UV corona preionized UV preionized