A. I. Pavlovskiĭ, V. V. Borovkov, V. G. Kornilov, B. V. Lazhintsev, V. A. Nor-Arevyan, L. V. Sukhanov, V. I. Chelpanov, “Scattering of radiation by small-scale optical inhomogeneities in CO2 lasers”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1989, Volume 16, Number 3,Pages 504

Physical processes in lasers

Scattering of radiation by small-scale optical inhomogeneities in CO₂ lasers

A. I. Pavlovskiĭ, V. V. Borovkov, V. G. Kornilov, B. V. Lazhintsev, V. A. Nor-Arevyan, L. V. Sukhanov, V. I. Chelpanov

Abstract: The active medium of an electron-beam-controlled CO₂ laser was probed coaxially with its resonator and investigations were made of small-scale optical inhomogeneities and of the scattering of both the 0.63-μm probe radiation and the CO₂ laser radiation.

UDC: 621.373.826.038.823

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.25.Fx, 42.60.Jf

Received: 04.05.1988