Regular and stochastic small-scale phase heterogeneities of gas lasers active medium and their influence on optical resonator efficiency

V. V. Lobachev; S. Yu. Strakhov

doi:10.1117/12.725575

11 January 2007 Regular and stochastic small-scale phase heterogeneities of gas lasers active medium and their influence on optical resonator efficiency

V. V. Lobachev, S. Yu. Strakhov

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Proceedings Volume 6594, Lasers for Measurements and Information Transfer 2006; 659402 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.725575
Event: Lasers for Measurements and Information Transfer 2006, 2006, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

The specific features of the unstable optical resonator of a large gas laser with an active medium containing regular and stochastic phase inhomogeneities are considered. The output power of the laser, the Strehl number, the angular divergence and average far-field intensity are described as function of the spatial scale and structure of inhomogeneities of the refractive index of the active medium.

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V. V. Lobachev and S. Yu. Strakhov "Regular and stochastic small-scale phase heterogeneities of gas lasers active medium and their influence on optical resonator efficiency", Proc. SPIE 6594, Lasers for Measurements and Information Transfer 2006, 659402 (11 January 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.725575

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