Jackson P E, Hall D R, Hill C A
Appl Opt. 1989 Mar 1;28(5):935-41. doi: 10.1364/AO.28.000935.
In this paper we compare three types of optical arrangement used for folding in a z-fold CO(2) waveguide laser excited by a transverse rf discharge. In particular, we present measured output power as a function of discharge conditions for folded resonators with plane mirrors, curved mirrors, and partial waveguiding. To date the laser has produced a maximum of 53.4 W from 115 cm of discharge, i.e., 0.46 W/cm. The folding losses predicted by scalar diffraction theory agree reasonably well with those derived from a fit between the experimental data and a Rigrod analysis.
在本文中，我们比较了三种用于z折叠CO(2)波导激光器折叠的光学装置，该激光器由横向射频放电激发。特别地，我们给出了平面镜、曲面镜和部分波导的折叠谐振器的测量输出功率与放电条件的函数关系。迄今为止，该激光器在115厘米的放电长度下产生的最大功率为53.4瓦，即0.46瓦/厘米。标量衍射理论预测的折叠损耗与通过实验数据与里格罗德分析拟合得出的损耗相当吻合。
