title: Observations of CO(2), laser radiation with an infrared image converter.
abstract: Visual observation of complex diffraction, interference, and mode distributions of a CO(2) laser, operating at 10.6 micro, was accomplished using an ir image converter. Spatial resolution of better than 75 micro was obtained with a dynamic range of at least 30:1.
authors.affiliation: Douglas Aircraft Company, Missile &Space Systems Division, 3000 Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, California 90406, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spinak
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Barron
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karp
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Hankin
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Meier