LIMP in continuously coupled unstable resonators
- 14 April 1983
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 16 (4) , 517-524
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/16/4/013
Abstract
The Laser Induced Medium Perturbation (LIMP) effect is shown to be a volumetric effect which plays a significant role in the beam quality obtainable from a CO2 laser employing a continuously coupled unstable resonator.Keywords
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