SINGLE-MODE SELECTION USING COHERENT IMAGING WITHIN A SLAB WAVE-GUIDE CO2-LASER

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作者
ABRAMSKI, KM
BAKER, HJ
COLLEY, AD
HALL, DR
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[1] Optoelectronics and Laser Engineering, Department of Physics, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton
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10.1063/1.106936
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A technique for selecting a single high-order lateral mode of a rf excited slab waveguide laser is described. An in-cavity grid which matches the periodicity of the desired mode, together with slab waveguide dimensions which create coherent imaging by the Talbot effect, have produced a stable output power of 155 W in a high spectral purity, single-resonator mode.
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