Lasers and laser amplifiers

Divergence, mode composition, and polarization of radiation from a CO chemical laser

V. A. Dudkin, V. B. Rukhin, E. V. Filippovich


Abstract: A study was made of the structure of radiation from a cw CO chemical laser when the rate of flow of the reagents through the optical resonator was subsonic. It was found that the laser delivered unpolarized radiation with a divergence of 6–8 mrad, but this divergence decreased as the pressure of the medium increased.

UDC: 621.373.826.038.823

PACS: 42.55.Ks, 42.60.Da, 42.25.Ja, 42.60.Jf, 42.79.Bh

Received: 05.12.1987

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1988, 18:9, 1094–1096

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