Study on the possibilities of controlling the laser output beam properties by an intracavity deformable mirror

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-147

  Rabczuk, G ^a   Sawczak, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FLUID FLOW MACHINERY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Laser resonator; Output beam characteristics; Variable curvature mirror

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; DEFORMATION; LASER BEAMS; LASER RESONATORS; RESONATORS;

CONTROLLED MODIFICATION; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; LASER OUTPUT BEAM; LASER OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT BEAM CHARACTERISTICS; RESONATOR CONFIGURATION; SPATIAL PARAMETERS; VARIABLE CURVATURE MIRROR;

LASER MIRRORS;

EID: 33745739786     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-006-0018-9     Document Type: Article

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