Entwicklung leistungsfähiger Stickstofflaser mit abgeschmolzenem Laserrohr

For an increase of the laser pulse energy from longitudinally excited multiple electrodes tubes, experiments and model calculations have been accomplished. A variation of the electrode spacing in the laser tube has shown, that a maximum pulse energy could be achieved with about 40 mm electrode spacing. If barium titanat capacitors with a dielectric constant of 10000 in the pulse forming unit were applied, a voltage pulse transform occured enabling an increase of the laser power up to 50%. With a sealed off operated laser tube of 100 cm active length, a laser peak power of 600 kW and a pulse duration of 10 ns could be achieved. A tube with 200 cm active length generated a pulse power of 1.2 MW. The decrease of laser pulse energy with increasing pulse repetition rate can be explained by the decrease of impulse breakdown voltage. For an increase of the lifetime of laser tubes, appropriate technologies for the production of the tube have been developed.