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Studies on the design and parametric effects of a diode pump alkali (rubidium) laser
This paper presents a comprehensive study of the design and parametric investigation of a diode pump alkali laser (DPAL): an emerging, high quantum efficiency, challenging laser system in the near-infrared reg...
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FBG inscription by a biprism interferometer: analysis and experiment
In this paper, the effect of spatial variation of fringe visibility on the length, reflectivity and wavelength tuning of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs), written by a biprism interferometer, is analyzed. The varia...
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Development of copper bromide laser master oscillator power amplifier system
Development of master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system of copper bromide laser (CBL) operating at 110 W average power is reported. The spectral distribution of power at green (510.6 nm) and yellow (578...
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Development of tilted fibre Bragg gratings using highly coherent 255 nm radiation
This paper reports the study on development of tilted fibre Bragg gratings using highly coherent 255 nm radiation, obtained from the second harmonic generation (SHG) of copper vapour laser (CVL). The transmiss...
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Analysis of pulsed discharge characteristics of solid-state switch (IGBT) based 16 kHz repetition rate, 100 W average power copper–HBr lasers
We present for the first time a comprehensive analysis (both time resolved and time averaged) of the gas-discharge characteristics of a solid-state switch (IGBT) based on high average power (100 W class), high...
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Development of a 16 kHz repetition rate, 110 W average power copper HyBrID laser
This paper presents the design and performance analysis of an indigenously developed 110 W average output power copper HyBrID laser operating at 16 kHz pulse repetition rate. The laser active medium was confin...
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Development of insulated gate bipolar transistor-based power supply for elemental copper vapour laser
The elemental copper vapour laser is a widely used laser from a family of metal vapour lasers for applications such as dye laser pum**, micromachining etc. In this paper, we report the development and perfor...