Title :
Experimental study of gain-guided waveguide-array (1×10) CO 2 laser
Author :
Lan, Ge ; Jiang, Dong ; Hou, Tianjin ; Zhao, Gang ; Wang, Xinbang ; Qu, Qianhua
Author_Institution :
Southwest Inst. of Tech. Phys., Chengdu, China
fDate :
11/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new type of waveguide-array CO2 laser excited by an RF discharge is reported. In this device, laser beams are guided by means of periodic gain regions distributed in lateral space and form a one-dimensional array. Experiments indicate that the 1×10 array laser is perfectly locked in phase. In the far field, both symmetrical and antisymmetrical field distributions have been observed
Keywords :
carbon compounds; gas lasers; laser beams; laser mode locking; optical waveguides; 1×10 array laser; 1D array; CO2; CO2 laser; RF discharge; antisymmetrical field distributions; far field; gain-guided waveguide-array; laser beams; laser phase locking; lateral space; one-dimensional array; periodic gain regions; symmetrical field distributions; Electrooptical waveguides; Gas lasers; Helium; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical arrays; Optical design; Optical waveguides; Radio frequency; Waveguide lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
