MISALIGNMENT EFFECTS IN A CO2 WAVE-GUIDE LASER

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HILL, CA [1 ]
COLLEY, AD [1 ]
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[1] HERIOT WATT UNIV,DEPT PHYS,OPTOELECTR & LASER ENGN GRP,EDINBURGH EH1 1HX,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
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10.1109/3.44965
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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We have studied a CO2 waveguide resonator with a square bore and plane mirrors, reporting the theoretical and experimental effects of changing the mirror-guide distance and of tilting the mirror. It can be misleading to neglect typical mirror-guide distances Z = 2-4 mm in favor of extreme-near-field (“Case I”) simplifications. Our results from a small (≃20 cm × 1.3 mm × 1.3 mm) RF-excited laser agree well with predictions (from an improved multimode matrix model) of output power, line-tuning behavior, and CW beat frequency. © 1990 IEEE
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