Author:Du Preez, NC; Forbes, A; Botha, LRDate:Sep 2009In this paper researchers present the design of a CO2 laser resonator that produces as the stable transverse mode a super–Gaussian laser beam. The resonator makes use of an intra–cavity diffractive mirror and a flat output coupler, generating ...Read more
Author:Litvin, IA; Loveday, Philip W; Long, Craig S; Kazak, NS; Belyi, V; Forbes, ADate:Aug 2008There are many applications in which a laser beam with a flat–top intensity profile would be ideal, as compared to a laser beam with a non–uniform energy distribution. Standard stable optical resonators will unfortunately not generate such a ...Read more
Author:Forbes, A; Du Preez, NC; Belyi, VN; Botha, LRDate:Aug 2009In this paper the researchers present results on improved paint stripping performance with an intra-cavity generated Flattened Gaussian Beam (FGB). A resonator with suitable diffractive optical elements was designed in order to produce a ...Read more