Title :
Magnetic modulation of gain in a chemical oxygen-iodine laser
Author :
J. Schmiedberger;J. Kodymova;J. Kovar;O. Spalek;P. Trenda
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys., Czechoslovak Acad. of Sci., Prague, Czechoslovakia
Abstract :
A magnetic modulation of gain in a continuous-wave (CW) chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) is proposed for several regimes of laser generation. The principle of the method proposed is based on a direct magnetic modulation of gain in the active zone of a COIL utilizing the Zeeman effect on the laser transition /sup 2/P/sub 1/2/-/sup 2/P/sub 3/2/ of iodine atoms. The possible applications of this technique to control the laser generation in COIL for technological purposes are outlined.
Keywords :
"Chemical lasers","Magnetic modulators","Power generation","Laser transitions","Power lasers","Atomic beams","Mirrors","Chemical technology","Optical pulses","Magnetic fields"
Journal_Title :
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
