A. I. Pavlovskiĭ, V. V. Borovkov, V. G. Kornilov, B. V. Lazhintsev, V. A. Nor-Arevyan, L. V. Sukhanov, V. I. Chelpanov, “Experimental investigation of thermal self-interaction of electron-beam-controlled CO2 laser radiation in a master-oscillator–amplifier system”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1989, Volume 16, Number 8,Pages 1551

Lasers

Experimental investigation of thermal self-interaction of electron-beam-controlled CO₂ laser radiation in a master-oscillator–amplifier system

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

Abstract: An investigation was made of the spatial characteristics of the radiation from an electron-beam-controlled CO₂ laser of considerable effective resonator length. A study of optical inhomogeneities in a CO₂ amplifier was made using a method in which the active medium was probed coaxially with a beam. Scattering of the radiation by regular volume phase gratings in the amplifier was also recorded.

UDC: 621.373.826.038.823

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.60.By, 42.60.Da, 42.60.Jf, 42.79.Dj

Received: 05.04.1988