Accession Number:
AD0679713
Title:
MEASURING THE POWER CHARACTERISTICS OF A LASER AMPLIFIER,
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Corporate Author:
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO
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Report Date:
1968-01-04
Pagination or Media Count:
7.0
Abstract:
The master laser consisted of a ruby rod 120 mm long and 6.5 mm in diameter pumped by a 500-j flashlamp. The laser output was Q-switched by a rotating 20,000 rpm prism and consisted of 0.2-j 50-nanosec pulses. The laser amplifier used ruby rods 120 and 240 mm long. The beam energy was measured by means of a calorimeter with a sensitivity of 300 microwattsj. The gain of a 24-cm laser amplifier was shown to decrease with increasing output energy. To eliminate interference by regeneration, the rod ends were set at angles of 15-20 min. with the mirror. The maximum gain was observed at indication angles of about 5 min. Further increase to about 15 min. resulted in the traveling-wave operation. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Lasers and Masers