• DocumentCode
    1074254
  • Title

    Stark cell noise reduction of a CO2laser beam

  • Author

    Douma, Bindert S. ; Geballe, Thomas R.

  • Author_Institution
    Huygengs Laboratoruim der Rijksuniversiteit, Leiden, The Netherlands
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1978
  • fDate
    6/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    391
  • Lastpage
    393
  • Abstract
    A technique is demonstrated for reducing the rapid intensity fluctuations in the beam of a single frequency, polarized CO2laser tuned to the P(20) transition at 10.6 μm. The method uses a Stark-tunable absorption line in NH2D to compensate for the fluctuations of the laser output. Substantial reductions in laser beam intensity noise have been obtained. The method may be applied to other lines of the CO2laser and indeed to other types of lasers.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Fluctuations; Frequency; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Noise reduction;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1978.1069820
  • Filename
    1069820
    • Link To Document
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