The principle of phase-locking of an axisymmetric fold combination cavity CO2 laser, fulfilled by the reflection–injection of the back surface of the output-mirror, has been studied in detail. Variation of the equiphase surface and the influence of some characteristic parameters on phase-locking are analyzed—for example, phase error, changes in the cavity length and curvature radius, line-width and temperature. It is shown that the injected beam can excite a stable mode in the cavities, and the value of the energy coupling coefficient directly reflects the degree of phase-locking. Therefore, the output beams have a fixed phase relation between each other, and good coherent beams can be obtained by using the phase-locking method.
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