RF-excited CO/sub 2/ waveguide laser for sequence-band oscillation

Author

Sen-Yen Shaw

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

444

Lastpage

445

Abstract

Summary form only given. Laser transition on the sequence-bands of CO/sub 2/ was first reported by Reid and Siemsen (1976,77). A number of studies have been carried out in various systems such TEA and waveguide lasers. Because the frequencies of sequence lines lie between regular lines, they can be obtained only by using cavities of good wavelength discrimination or with an intracavity hot CO/sub 2/ cell. In considering the advantages exhibited by RF-excited waveguide laser systems, it will be preferable to have the sequence-band waveguide lasers operated with RF discharge. In this paper, we report the preliminary result of a system with RF excitation, which yields several sequence lines oscillation.

Keywords

carbon compounds; gas lasers; laser transitions; waveguide lasers; CO/sub 2/; CO/sub 2/ waveguide laser; RF discharge; RF excitation; intracavity hot cell; laser transition; sequence-band oscillation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical diffraction; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Slabs; US Department of Energy; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864902