Title :
Enhancement of single mode selection efficiency of He-Ne and He-Ne/I/sub 2/ lasers
Author :
Cartaleva, S. ; Dancheva, Y. ; Gerginov, V.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron., Bulgarian Acad. of Sci., Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract :
For He-Ne and He-Ne/I/sub 2/ lasers, in case of natural mixture of neon isotopes, an influence of the isotope with lower concentration on longitudinal mode competition is observed. An application of this phenomenon is proposed for an enhancement of the single mode selection efficiency.
Keywords :
gas lasers; helium; iodine; isotope effects; laser modes; neon; He-Ne; He-Ne laser; He-Ne/I/sub 2/ laser; I/sub 2/; isotope effect; longitudinal mode competition; single mode selection efficiency; Frequency; Gas lasers; Isotopes; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Optical tuning; Power generation; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1996 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Braunschweig, Germany
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3376-4
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.1996.546638
