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A copper HyBrID laser of 120 W average output power and 2.2% efficiency

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A copper HyBrID laser (λ=510.6, 578.2 nm) is reported which produced 121 W at 2.2% efficiency (based on stored energy), with a pulse recurrence frequency of 18 kHz. For an output power of 100 W, the efficiency was 2.6%. A 21% enhancement in output power was achieved by eliminating parasitic stimulated emission due to back-reflection from the silica discharge-tube windows.

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  1. J. F. Allen Research Laboratories, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, KY 16 9SS, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

    D. R. Jones, A. Maitland & C. E. Little

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Jones, D.R., Maitland, A. & Little, C.E. A copper HyBrID laser of 120 W average output power and 2.2% efficiency. Optical and Quantum Electronics 25, 261–269 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00419003

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