Published June 23, 1986 | Version public
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High power coupled CO2 waveguide laser array

Abstract

A hollow-bore ridge waveguide technique for phase locking arrays of coupled CO2 rf excited waveguide lasers was demonstrated. Stable phase-locked operation of two- and three-channel arrays has been demonstrated at the 50 W output level. Preliminary experiments with a five-element array generated an output power of 95 W but phase-locked operation was not conclusively demonstrated.

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© 1986 American Institute of Physics. Received 28 February 1986; accepted 23 April 1986. The authors gratefully acknowledge helpful discussions with W.J. Fader, F.J. Leonberger, and H. Schlossberg. This work was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

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