PHASE COUPLING OF A LINEAR-ARRAY OF 9 SQUARE CO2 CW WAVE-GUIDE LASERS BY INTRACAVITY SPATIAL-FILTERING

被引:22
作者
LESCROART, G
MULLER, R
BOURDET, GL
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[1] Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, Ecole Polytechnique, 91120 Palaiseau, Batterie de l'Yvette
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10.1016/0030-4018(94)90665-3
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An experimental study of phase coupling of a linear array of 9 CO2 waveguide lasers by an intra-cavity spatial filter is presented. First the results obtained in a simple two-mirror cavity are shown. Both, theoretically and experimentally, the ability to improve the coupling efficiency by using a three-mirror cavity is shown.
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