• DocumentCode
    1141487
  • Title

    Mode-locking of an atmospheric pressure cross-excited electrically pulsed CO2laser

  • Author

    Smith, D. ; Berger, P.

  • Author_Institution
    United Aircraft Research Laboratories, East Hartford, CT, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1971
  • fDate
    4/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    172
  • Lastpage
    174
  • Abstract
    Self-mode-locking of a cross-excited electrically pulsed CO2laser has been observed and studied as a function of cavity length and operating pressure. The best results are obtained at a pressure of 450 torr with cavity lengths on the order of 1m. Two-ns duration pulses have been measured, the shortest pulses observed to date at 10.6-μ wavelength. With longer cavities more axial modes are locked, resulting in a longer dead time between pulses; however, the pulsewidths increase with increasing cavity length. Mode-locking was not improved by the use of the bleachable absorber SF6.
  • Keywords
    Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscilloscopes; Power lasers; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1971.1076630
  • Filename
    1076630
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1141487