Ground slot waveguide laser
Abstract
A method of fabricating C02 waveguide type lasers of the type comprising a slot formed in a broad surface of a hard ceramic material, comprising grinding the slot in a conventional surface grinding machine in two steps. The first step utilizes a coarse grinding wheel and the second a finer grinding wheel. The resultant laser cavity can produce high optical power output when provided with RF excitation.
- Publication:
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Patent Application Department of the Army
- Pub Date:
- March 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985army.reptR....C
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Waveguide Lasers;
- Ceramics;
- Excitation;
- Fabrication;
- Grinding (Material Removal);
- Laser Cavities;
- Optical Properties;
- Patent Applications;
- Slot Antennas;
- Slots;
- Lasers and Masers