PHASE-UNIFYING MIRRORS AS OUTPUT COUPLERS OF XECL LASER RESONATORS

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GIURI, C [1 ]
PERRONE, MR [1 ]
FLORI, D [1 ]
PIEGARI, A [1 ]
SCAGLIONE, S [1 ]
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[1] ENEA CASACCIA, FILM SOTTILI LAB, I-00060 S MARIA GALERIA, ITALY
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10.1063/1.112260
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A phase-unifying (PU) mirror as output coupler of unstable resonators applied to high-gain, short-pulse XeCl lasers has been realized and tested. A high-mode volume, nearly diffraction limited beam has been extracted from the XeCl laser by using a PU-unstable resonator of magnification M = 6.6. The evolution of the output beam intensity distribution along a propagation distance of about 30 m has been tested.
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