Output beam analysis of an unstable resonator with a large Fresnel number for a chemical oxygen iodine laser

Optical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2668-2674

  Yu, Deli ^a,b   Sang, Fengting ^a   Jin, Yuqi ^a   Sun, Yizhu ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chemical oxygen iodine laser; Fast Fourier transform; Initial misalignment; Small signal gain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN IODINE LASER; INITIAL MISALIGNMENT; SMALL SIGNAL GAIN;

CHEMICAL LASERS;

EID: 0036811838     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1499971     Document Type: Article

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