THERMAL BLOOMING OF A 10.6-μ LASER BEAM IN CO2
- 1 September 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 17 (5), 220-223
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1653373
Abstract
Thermal blooming of a 10.6‐μ laser beam in a CO2 absorption cell has been investigated with high time and position resolution. Good agreement has been found between experimental results and calculations made using an eikonal treatment.Keywords
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