Beam properties of a waveguide annular CO2 laser with a Talbot cavity

Antonio Lapucci; Marco Ciofini; Silvano Mascalchi

doi:10.1117/12.334421

22 December 1998 Beam properties of a waveguide annular CO₂ laser with a Talbot cavity

Antonio Lapucci, Marco Ciofini, Silvano Mascalchi

Proceedings Volume 3574, XII International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334421
Event: Twelfth International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference, 1998, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

We describe the behavior of an annular RF-excited CO₂ laser, operated with a Talbot cavity in order to reduce the number of oscillating azimuthal modes. The beam quality is enhanced by means of a phase filter outside the cavity.

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Antonio Lapucci, Marco Ciofini, and Silvano Mascalchi "Beam properties of a waveguide annular CO₂ laser with a Talbot cavity", Proc. SPIE 3574, XII International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference, (22 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334421

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