DocumentCode
1097809
Title
Scattering of light and acoustic disturbances in the atomic iodine laser
Author
Riley, Merle E.
Author_Institution
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Volume
19
Issue
7
fYear
1983
fDate
7/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1209
Lastpage
1216
Abstract
Large photodissociation atomic iodine laser oscillators have been observed to develop gas dynamic instabilities during pumping and lasing. In the present work the growth rate of fluctuations is analyzed in a linearized description of the total coupled gas dynamics, chemistry, and lasing. The total growth factor of the gas dynamic instabilities is found to be several orders of magnitude for typical laser parameters. In addition, the predicted scale size of the disturbances is in harmony with the observations.
Keywords
Gas lasers; Iodine materials/devices; Laser stability; Optical scattering, plasma media; Acoustic scattering; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Chemical lasers; Fluctuations; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Light scattering; Oscillators; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1983.1072009
Filename
1072009
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