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Coupling efficiency in grating tuned carbon dioxide waveguide lasers

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The coupling efficiency in typical CO2 waveguide lasers when the feedback element is a diffraction grating is investigated theoretically. A scalar diffraction integral approach is adopted, and the laser is assumed to operate on its lowest loss waveguide mode.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering & Microelectronics, University College, Cork, Ireland

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Prunty, S.L. Coupling efficiency in grating tuned carbon dioxide waveguide lasers. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 14, 2097–2107 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02096375

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