Title :
CO/sub 2/ laser with stable-unstable cavity: Q-switch regime with active mirror
Author :
Kudryashov, A.V. ; Samarkin, V.V. ; Zabelin, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. on Laser & Inf. Technol., Russian Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
Summary form only. Usually Q-switch pulses in CO/sub 2/ lasers are obtained by putting a mechanical shutter inside the laser cavity. To avoid undesirable beam transformations the beam is to be focused inside laser resonator and shutter is to be put exactly in the focal plane. To overcome these problems we suggest to use active deformable mirrors as the modulating element the bimorph one or/and "cylindrical".
Keywords :
Q-switching; adaptive optics; carbon compounds; gas lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser stability; CO/sub 2/; CO/sub 2/ laser; Q-switch regime; active deformable mirrors; active mirror; beam transformations; bimorph; laser resonator; modulating element; stable-unstable cavity; Laser stability; Mirrors; Optimized production technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6319-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909829
