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Optimization of a resonator of a cw tunable CO₂ laser

V. V. Nevdakh, N. S. Leshenyuk, L. N. Orlov


Abstract: A description is given of the construction and characteristics of a stabilized tunable cw CO₂ laser. Optimization of the laser resonator with the aid of the polarization properties of diffraction gratings made it possible to achieve a tuning range 9.17–10.96 μ for a discharge gap ~0.35 m long and an output power of ~1.5 W for the strongest transitions in the single-mode regime.

UDC: 621.373.826.038.823

PACS: 42.55.Dk

Received: 07.09.1982

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1983, 13:7, 969–970

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