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Title: Measurements of the divergence evolution of a copper-vapor laser output by using a cylindrical imaging technique
Related: Applied optics, Vol. 32, Issue 12 (1993), p.2058-2061
DOI: 10.1364/AO.32.002058
Publisher: Optical Society of America
Date: 1993
Author/Creator: Coutts, David W
Author/Creator: Brown, Daniel J. W
Author/Creator: Piper, James A
Description: The temporal evolution of divergence of the output of a copper-vapor laser (CVL) operating with a high-magnification (M = 26.5) unstable resonator is measured by using a one-dimensional imaging system together with a fast gated linear diode array detector. The CVL output is found to consist of several temporally resolved components, with each successive component having lower divergence. The final component of the output has essentially diffraction-limited divergence. The divergence behavior is modeled by using an unfolded resonator-equivalent lens guide, with geometric constraints on the propagation of spontaneous emission within the lens guide, and is found to match the experimentally determined behavior.
Description: 4 page(s)
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/109366
Identifier: ISSN:0003-6935
Identifier: mq-rm-2006008600
Language: eng
Rights: This paper was published in Applied optics and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-32-12-2058. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
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