Author:von Bergmann, HM; Forbes, A; Roberts, T; Botha, LRDate:Aug 2008Results are presented on the influence of acoustic waves on the performance of high-repetition-rate TEA CO2 lasers. It is shown that acoustic waves generated inside the laser cavity lead to nonuniform discharges, resulting in a deterioration ...Read more
Author:Mafusire, C; Forbes, ADate:Jul 2011The authors outline a theory for the calculation of the beam quality factor of an aberrated laser beam. They provide closed form equations that show that the beam quality factor of an aberrated Gaussian beam depends on all primary aberrations ...Read more