Abstract:
A coolable slab laser is disclosed wherein the effects of thermal gradients within the laser element are minimized. The laser beam is made to traverse the longitudinal axis of the laser element a plurality of times in a zig-zag fashion so as to travel parallel to the thermal gradient as closely as possible. The laser element itself is an eight sided solid with beam entrance and exit areas on the same end of the element.
Abstract:
A low-cost waveguide taper for interconnecting two circular waveguides which differ substantially in size is constructed from a plurality of reinforced, thin-walled conical sections having predetermined taper angles and axial lengths to minimize the effects of spurious modes generated at the junctions of the conical sections.
Abstract:
A low-cost waveguide taper for interconnecting two circular waveguides which differ substantially in size is constructed from a plurality of reinforced, thin-walled conical sections having predetermined taper angles and axial lengths to minimize the effects of spurious modes generated at the junctions of the conical sections. For the particular example of a waveguide taper interconnecting a circular waveguide of 2.25 inch diameter to an oversize circular waveguide of 29.7 inch diameter and suitable for the propagation of the TE*01 mode at X-band frequency, the taper comprises 12 conical sections having four different taper angles. The three cone-cone junctions and the cone oversize waveguide junction form two pairs of mode converting junctions which are interlaced such that the first and third and also the second and fourth junction effects each cancel as a pair and this interlaced concept permits fabrication of the particular waveguide taper having a minimum length of 17.5 feet. The larger diameter conical sections of the taper are fabricated by forming longitudinal welds along the seams formed by rolling thin aluminum sheet metal into the desired conical shapes. The sections are then precisely aligned and connected together by means of flanges epoxied on the sections.