Carbon dioxide waveguide lasers with folds and tilted mirrors
- Heriot-Watt University, Physics Department, Optoelectronics Lasar Engineering, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K. (GB)
- Royal Signals Radar Establishment, Malvern, Worcs WR14 3PS, (UK)
We present theoretical and experimental results for an rf-excited z-fold CO{sub 2} waveguide laser. We describe how the output power, output rotational line(s) and transverse mode(s) vary as functions of elbow mirror tilt and obtain good agreement with predictions from a multimode matrix resonator model. Observations of multilining and/or multifrequency operation are partly explained by the near equality of gain/loss ratios for two or more resonator modes.
- OSTI ID:
- 6875221
- Journal Information:
- Applied Optics; (USA), Journal Name: Applied Optics; (USA) Vol. 29:15; ISSN 0003-6935; ISSN APOPA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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