• DocumentCode
    1300500
  • Title

    Self-mode-locked unstable resonator copper vapor laser

  • Author

    Baik, Se Jong ; Im, Kiegon ; Lee, Hyung Jong ; Ryu, Young Tae

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Chonnam Nat. Univ., Kwangju, South Korea
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    155
  • Lastpage
    157
  • Abstract
    We have studied a copper vapor laser equipped with unstable resonator optics and an intracavity beam splitter. The magnification of the present resonator configuration is as high as 60, and single transverse mode operation is practically supported in this system. We report on the laser output with near diffraction-limited beam divergence and a new observation of self-mode-locking behavior in the output pulses.
  • Keywords
    copper; gas lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser stability; light diffraction; optical beam splitters; Cu; Cu self-mode-locked unstable resonator vapor laser; intracavity beam splitter; laser output; near diffraction-limited beam divergence; output pulses; resonator configuration; self-mode-locking behavior; single transverse mode operation; unstable resonator optics; Copper; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical beam splitting; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.823460
  • Filename
    823460