DIFFUSION-COOLED CO2-LASER WITH COAXIAL HIGH-FREQUENCY EXCITATION AND INTERNAL AXICON

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EHRLICHMANN, D
HABICH, U
PLUM, HD
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[1] Fraunhofer-Inst fur Lasertechnik, Aachen
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10.1088/0022-3727/26/2/003
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A report on the design and performance of a coaxial laser system with a stable resonator with internal axicon is given. Efficient diffusion cooling is obtained by using an annular transverse high-frequency excited discharge. Experimental results are compared with the results of a loaded resonator model that takes tilted mirrors into account. The agreement between theory and experiment for extraction efficiency, alignment sensitivity, polarization and mode structure is very good.
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