• DocumentCode
    1143710
  • Title

    Acoustic beam splitter for infrared lasers

  • Author

    Nickel, G. ; Goodfellow, G. ; Terwilliger, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Air Force Weapons Lab., Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, USA
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1972
  • fDate
    1/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    20
  • Lastpage
    21
  • Abstract
    A method for noninterference sampling of high-power CO2laser beams is described. The technique employs an ultrasonic diffraction grating generated in the air path across a laser beam. A very small fraction ( \\sim10^{-7} ) of the main beam is diffracted through a small angle ( \\sim2\\deg ) on either side. Profiles of Gaussian and "donut" modes from low-power CO2lasers were obtained with the acoustic beam splitter.
  • Keywords
    Acoustic beams; Acoustic diffraction; Acoustic refraction; Acoustic waves; Diffraction gratings; Laser beams; Laser modes; Optical beam splitting; Phase modulation; Ultrasonic transducers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1972.1076853
  • Filename
    1076853
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1143710