射频横向激励扩散型冷却CO_2激光器技术的进展与前景

Technological Development and Prospect of RF Transversely Excited Diffusively Cooled CO_2 Lasers

本文综述了当前射频横向激励扩散型冷却CO_2激光器技术发展的各种技术途径和前景。指出了高光束质量、紧凑型体积及高工作性能是大功率CO_2激光器技术的发展方向。并且提出了增益体积比例缩放技术这一获得高光束质量及紧凑型大功率CO_2激光器的新途径。

In this paper, we summarize the current technological developement and prospect of RF transversely excited diffusively cooled CO_2 lasers, point out that the high beam quality, compact device size and high performance are the future development trend of high power CO_2 lasers, and propose a volume scaling technique for obtaining high beam quality and compact high power CO_2 laser.