The waveguide laser: A review
The waveguide laser: A review
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波导激光器：回顾
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1976
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J. Degnan
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J. Degnan
本文回顾了理解波导气体和液体激光器所必需的基本物理原理，以及这些设备的当前技术状态。目前，波导激光跃迁跨越波长谱的可见光到亚毫米区域。简介讨论了波导激光器的许多应用以及可能的各种激光器配置。第 1 节总结了圆形、矩形和平面横截面的中空介质波导中的模式特性。第 2 节考虑了光学反馈的各种方法，包括内部和外部镜法布里-珀罗型谐振器、空心波导分布式反馈结构和环形谐振配置。第 3 节讨论了与波导气体激光器的设计和优化相关的分子动力学和激光理论的那些方面，例如放电激发气体激光器的缩放定律、可用于最大化振荡带宽的分子模型、气体流速的影响以及光泵浦远红外激光器的物理原理。最后，第 4 节对迄今为止报道的波导气体和液体激光器进行了回顾。
The present article reviews the fundamental physical principles essential to an understanding of waveguide gas and liquid lasers, and the current technological state of these devices. At the present time, waveguide laser transitions span the visible through submillimeter regions of the wavelength spectrum. The introduction discusses the many applications of waveguide lasers and the wide variety of laser configurations that are possible. Section 1 summarizes the properties of modes in hollow dielectric waveguides of circular, rectangular, and planar cross section. Section 2 considers various approaches to optical feedback including internal and external mirror Fabry-Perot type resonators, hollow waveguide distributed feedback structures, and ring-resonant configurations. Section 3 discusses those aspects of molecular kinetic and laser theory pertinent to the design and optimization of waveguide gas lasers such as the scaling laws for discharge-excited gas lasers, molecular models useful in maximizing the oscillation bandwidth, the effects of gas flow rate, and the physics of optically-pumped far-infrared lasers. Finally, a review of the waveguide gas and liquid lasers reported to date is given in Section 4.