Thermal defocusing (LIMP) in stable CO2resonators
- 14 October 1983
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 16 (10) , 1827-1835
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/16/10/008
Abstract
The effect on the output of an electron beam sustained CO2 laser due to LIMP (laser induced medium perturbation) is examined. An approximate theory is developed which leads to basic agreement with the experimental observations of beam spreading and temporal pulse structure.Keywords
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