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The characteristics of high repetition rate CVL devices incorporating passive external heating have been investigated. Pre-heating of the CVL plasma tube using external heating has been shown to significantly reduce CVL warm-up time, while supplementary heating of the CVL plasma tube using external heating allows efficient CVL operation with reduced discharge power input without any degradation in output power.
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Ainsworth, M.D., Brown, D.J.W., Coutts, D.W. et al. Investigation of practical high repetition rate copper vapour lasers with external heating. Opt Quant Electron 23, S539–S548 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00619648
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