Open AccessA simple mode-locking technique for large-aperture TEA CO2 lasers
Author(s) -
A. J. Alcock,
P. B. Corkum,
D. J. James
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.89312
Subject(s) - resonator , optics , nanosecond , mode locking , materials science , optoelectronics , injection locking , aperture (computer memory) , laser , mode (computer interface) , power (physics) , physics , computer science , quantum mechanics , acoustics , operating system
A large-aperture unstable-resonator TEA CO2 oscillator has been mode locked by injection of nanosecond pulses chopped from the 1-W output of a cw CO2 oscillator. Power gains of \u223c1012 and a locking window of \u223c200 ns have been observed.Peer reviewed: YesNRC publication: Ye
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