Compact, multipass, single transverse mode CO2 laser

17 August 1987

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 51 (7) , 469-471
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.98396

Abstract

We report the design and basic operating characteristics of a co‐axial radio‐frequency discharge carbon dioxide laser which employs a multipass Herriott cell folding system within a linear resonator. A continuous wave laser power output of 65 W was obtained from a device 35 cm in length in a high‐quality TEM₀₀ mode without gas flow. The characteristics of transverse rf discharges and the image rotation properties of such resonators indicate that this approach may be scalable to provide much higher laser powers with excellent transverse mode properties.

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