Title :
Generation of a short pulse by optical free induction decay (OFID) using the rising edge of a TEA CO2 laser pulse for excitation
Author :
Rodrigues, Carlton R. ; Mahajan, Satish M. ; Ventrice, Carl A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tennessee Technol. Univ., Cookeville, TN, USA
Abstract :
The generation of short CO2 laser pulses is achieved in several ways such as the optical free induction decay (OFID) technique. The OFID technique is a relatively simpler mechanism of generating short pulses and easily invites further study of the technique. The present work involves the interaction of the rising edge of a pulsed CO2 laser with ammonia and Dymel in an effort to generate an OFID pulse
Keywords :
carbon compounds; gas lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; optical coherent transients; CO2; Dymel; OFID pulse generation; TEA CO2 laser pulse; ammonia; optical free induction decay; pulsed CO2 laser; rising edge; short CO2 laser pulse generation; short pulse generation; Absorption; Atomic measurements; Induction generators; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical attenuators; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping;
Conference_Titel :
System Theory, 1998. Proceedings of the Thirtieth Southeastern Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Morgantown, WV
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4547-9
DOI :
10.1109/SSST.1998.660116
