We have investigated, theoretically and experimentally, the effects of thermal focusing on a CO2-laser beam being deflected through an absorbing gas. Quantitative data are presented for beam deflections and peak intensities as a function of angular velocity and absorption coefficient. These data agree, to within a factor of 2, with eikonal-theory predictions.
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