Losses in a Pulsed Ruby Laser*
- 1 August 1963
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America
- Vol. 53 (8), 911-913
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josa.53.000911
Abstract
The total cavity loss in several ruby lasers has been determined experimentally from a set of threshold measurements. Scattering loss and end-mirror reflectance were measured separately and the difference between these losses and the total attributed to diffraction. Both plane-parallel and confocal resonators were employed. Diffraction loss in the plane-parallel cavities was 25±8% per pass while diffraction loss in the confocal cavity was 8±8%. These values are in agreement with theoretical analysis within experimental error.Keywords
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