Abstract:The evolution of the intensity profile of transversely excited atmospheric CO 2 laser pulses is investigated within the intensity moment formalism. The beam quality factor M 2 is used to study the mode evolution. Attention is focused on the influence of both the gas mixture (N 2 :CO 2 :He) and the diameter of an intracavity diaphragm placed to attenuate higher-order modes. The degree of accuracy that can be attained by approximating the laser field amplitude by means of the lower-order terms of a Hermite-Gauss… Show more
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