title: The use of a multipath cell as a CO(2)-N gas laser amplifier and oscillator.
abstract: A multipath cell using a modified White mirror system has been operated as an amplifier and as an oscillator at the 10.6-micro CO(2) transition of the CO(2)-N(2) gas laser. An oscillator tube efficiency of 33% and an amplifier power gain of 8.7 have been obtained. With a specific gas mixture, the amplifier saturated output power is approximately one-half that of the maximum oscillator output.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35809, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Dezenberg
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Merritt