Holographic interferometry of a large-bore cw high-energy gas-laser medium during laser-power extraction.
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.
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Wakalopulos
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Peressini
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