New approach to the formation of the basic waveguide radiation mode in a high-power slab-type CO 2 laser

2005; SPIE; Volume: 5777; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1117/12.611035

ISSN

1996-756X

Autores

A. I. Dutov, Alexei A. Kuleshov, N. A. Novoselov, N. L. Orlov, В. Е. Семенов, A. A. Sokolov, A. V. Starovoitov,

Tópico(s)

Solid State Laser Technologies

Resumo

The paper presents a new approach for radiation mode formation, based on the proper choice of the discharge electrode's shape and the distance from the resonator's mirrors to the butt-end of electrodes. In theory and in experiment was shown the possibility to select the basic waveguide mode of radiation. For 2.5 KW slab CO 2 laser, excited at 40,68MHz, was obtained the near diffraction-limited divergence.

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