Line stabilisation of slab waveguide CO2 lasers and the "Laser Signature" revisited

H. J. Baker; P. A. Field; F. Villarreal; S. D. Stratton; R. J. Ramirez; D. R. Hall

Line stabilisation of slab waveguide CO₂ lasers and the "Laser Signature" revisited

H. J. Baker, P. A. Field, F. Villarreal, S. D. Stratton, R. J. Ramirez, D. R. Hall

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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Abstract

The problem of line-hopping in a short cavity, slab waveguide CO ₂ laser is studied by modelling of the laser signature and the experimental determination of laser spectra. It is shown that small increments of resonator length, less than 100 µm, significantly change the number of lines in the spectra and at a specific resonator length near 408.7 mm there is the possibility of single line operation. To reduce line-hopping and lock the laser to the 10P20 line, a 10th order, 2 dimensional grating has been laser engraved on one surface of the planar waveguide.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-59
Number of pages	5
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - the International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5120
Publication status	Published - 2003
Event	XIV International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers - Wroclaw, Poland Duration: 25 Aug 2002 → 30 Aug 2002

Keywords

Laser signature
Slab waveguide laser
Waveguide surface grating

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Line stabilisation of slab waveguide CO₂ lasers and the "Laser Signature" revisited

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