• DocumentCode
    1076580
  • Title

    Whispering-gallery CO2laser

  • Author

    Marhic, Michel E. ; Kwan, Larry I. ; Epstein, Max

  • Author_Institution
    Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    6/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    487
  • Lastpage
    490
  • Abstract
    The design and operation of a CW CO2laser based on the whispering-gallery principle is reported. The optical cavity consists of a portion of the equatorial region of a torus terminated by two flat mirrors. In agreement with theoretical expectations, the output beam is found to be TE polarized, and to consist of low-order Airy-Hermite-Gaussian modes.
  • Keywords
    CW lasers; Carbon dioxide lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical design; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Tellurium; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1979.1070032
  • Filename
    1070032
    • Link To Document
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