TY - JOUR AU - Serna Galán, Julio AU - Encinas Sanz, Fernando AU - Martínez Herrero, María Rosario AU - Martín Mejías, Pedro PY - 2001 DO - 10.1364/JOSAA.18.001734 SN - 1084-7529 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58582 T2 - Journal of The Optical Society Of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision AB - The evolution of the intensity profile of transversely excited atmospheric CO_2 laser pulses is investigated within the intensity moment formalism. The beam quality factor M_2 is used to study the mode evolution. Attention is focused on the influence... LA - eng M2 - 1734 PB - Optical Society of America KW - Partially Coherent Beams KW - Parametric Characterization KW - Evolution KW - CO_2-Laser KW - Light TI - Time-resolved spatial profile of TEA CO_2 laser pulses: influence of the gas mixture and intracavity apertures TY - journal article VL - 18 ER -