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The advantages of supported metal strip gratings with respect to free-standing metal meshes are pointed out for applications as laser output couplers. A new, simple formula for the power transmission through the strip grating on a dielectric plate is derived from a line equivalent-circuit model. This formula is in good agreement with measurements performed on several samples, at different submillimeter wavelengths. An application to output couplers of far-infrared gas discharge lasers allows to improve the reliability of such lasers.
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Creen, J.P., Vèron, D. & Belland, P. Theory of the transmission of metal strip gratings on a dielectric substrate application to submillimeter laser coupling. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 7, 1747–1767 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01010074
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