title: Holographic interferometry of a large-bore cw high-energy gas-laser medium during laser-power extraction.
abstract: A holographic interferometer is described that is used in conjunction with a high-speed camera system (10,000 frames/sec) to record the temporal and spatial interactions of the laser gas medium and the resonator mode. In particular, a high-power CO(2) electric discharge convectively cooled laser-gas medium was interferometrically analyzed before, during, and after laser power extraction such that the mode-medium interaction was observed.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Sutter
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wakalopulos
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Peressini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dolezal