HIGH-BRIGHTNESS SLAB WAVE-GUIDE CARBON-MONOXIDE LASER

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作者
COLLEY, AD
VILLARREAL, F
BAKER, HJ
HALL, DR
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[1] Optoelectronics and Laser Engineering, Department of Physics, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh
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10.1063/1.111410
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Near diffraction limited output from a slab waveguide carbon monoxide gain medium using a hybrid confocal unstable resonator is described. A device producing a cw output of 80 W in a beam with M2=1.5 has been demonstrated operating with 12% efficiency at -30-degrees-C.
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页码:2916 / 2918
页数:3
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