INVESTIGATION OF THE OPTICAL-QUALITY OF THE ACTIVE MEDIUM OF HIGH-POWER CW CHEMICAL HF LASERS BY LATERAL-SHEARING INTERFEROMETRIC METHODS

Authors
BASHKIN AS KOROTKOV PI MAKSIMOV YP PELMENEV AG PIROGOV NA RODIONOV AY SMIRNOV VE STEPANOV AA TROSHCHENKOV SV SHEKHTMAN VN
Citation
As. Bashkin et al., INVESTIGATION OF THE OPTICAL-QUALITY OF THE ACTIVE MEDIUM OF HIGH-POWER CW CHEMICAL HF LASERS BY LATERAL-SHEARING INTERFEROMETRIC METHODS, Quantum electronics, 27(9), 1997, pp. 766-770
Citations number
8
Journal title
Quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637818
Volume
27
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
766 - 770
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7818(1997)27:9<766:IOTOOT>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
An experimental investigation was made of tile optical quality of the active media of cw chemical HF lasers delivering powers from 20 to 400 kW. An original method based on lateral-shearing interferometry was p roposed. The investigation was concentrated an small-scale periodic in homogeneities resulting from the design features of the nozzle arrays.