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Longitudinal coupled‐cavity scheme for microwave‐excited CO 2 slab lasers
Author(s) -
Shahadi A.,
Sintov Y.,
Jerby E.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.10692
Subject(s) - microwave , excited state , slab , laser , optics , resonator , longitudinal mode , materials science , gas laser , microwave cavity , atomic physics , optoelectronics , physics , engineering , telecommunications , structural engineering
A new microwave‐excited CO 2 slab‐laser scheme is demonstrated in a slow gas‐flow laser experiment. The gas‐discharge axial homogeneity is improved by an H‐plane coupling of a rectangular resonator operating in the fundamental mode to a shorter slab laser‐head resonator, below the cutoff. This paper describes the conceptual experimental and practical aspects of the microwave‐excited laser. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 36: 115–120, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10692