Title :
Measurements of peak power enhancement and power conservation in magnetically gain-modulated chemical oxygen-iodine laser
Author :
Schmiedberger, Josef ; Kodymova, J. ; Spalek, Otomar ; KokeS, Antonin
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys., Czechoslovak Acad. of Sci., Prague, Czech Republic
fDate :
10/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A periodically pulsed regime of the magnetically gain-switched chemical oxygen iodine laser was investigated. The effects of different magnetic field intensity and pulse length on the laser power pulse enhancement and the mean power conservation were studied experimentally
Keywords :
Q-switching; chemical lasers; iodine; magnetic field effects; optical modulation; oxygen; COIL; O2-I; chemical oxygen iodine laser; laser power pulse enhancement; magnetic field intensity; magnetically gain-modulated chemical oxygen-iodine laser; magnetically gain-switched; mean power conservation; peak power enhancement; periodically pulsed regime; power conservation; pulse length; Atomic beams; Chemical lasers; Gain measurement; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Power measurement;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
