Beam quality of TEA CO2 laser pulses: influence of the gas mixture and of intracavity apertures

C. Martinez; F. Encinas Sanz; Julio Serna; Pedro M. Mejias; Rosario Martinez-Herrero

doi:10.1117/12.259902

20 November 1996 Beam quality of TEA CO₂ laser pulses: influence of the gas mixture and of intracavity apertures

C. Martinez, F. Encinas Sanz, Julio Serna, Pedro M. Mejias, Rosario Martinez-Herrero

Proceedings Volume 2870, Third International Workshop on Laser Beam and Optics Characterization; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.259902
Event: Third International Workshop on Laser Beam and Optics Characterization, 1996, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

We investigate from both a theoretical and an experimental point of view the dependence of the spatial parameters (integrated along the pulse length) of TEA carbon dioxide laser pulses on the presence of nitrogen in the gas mixture and also on the size of an intracavity diaphragm used to attenuate higher-order modes.

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C. Martinez, F. Encinas Sanz, Julio Serna, Pedro M. Mejias, and Rosario Martinez-Herrero "Beam quality of TEA CO₂ laser pulses: influence of the gas mixture and of intracavity apertures", Proc. SPIE 2870, Third International Workshop on Laser Beam and Optics Characterization, (20 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.259902

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