Efficient generation of near diffraction-limited beam-quality output from medium-scale copper vapor laser oscillators

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 419-426

  Kapitan, Daniel ^b,c,d   Coutts, David W ^a,b,e,f   Webb, Colin E ^{a,b,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n}  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Institute of Physics   (United Kingdom)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

ⁱ Gas Laser Research Group

^j Jesus and Trinity Colleges   (United Kingdom)

^k OXFORD LASERS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^l Jesus College ^*  (United Kingdom)

^m OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

ⁿ Institute of Physics   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission; Beam quality; Copper vapor laser; Hydrogen; Pressure; Unstable resonator

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; HYDROGEN; LASER BEAMS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIGHT EMISSION; NEON; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE; THERMAL INSULATION;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; BEAM QUALITY; COPPER VAPOR LASERS;

GAS LASERS;

EID: 0032023796     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.661448     Document Type: Article

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