Accession Number:
AD0744996
Title:
CO2 Laser Pulsing Techniques
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Dec 1969-Feb 1972
Corporate Author:
NORTHROP CORP HAWTHORNE CA LASER SYSTEMS DEPT
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1972-04-01
Pagination or Media Count:
63.0
Abstract:
Stable mode-locking and pulse coupling of a longitudinal discharge CO2 laser, using a single electrooptic element, was demonstrated successfully. The experimental results and data on the effect of modulator detuning and coupling factor variations are presented. Similar experiments were performed with a CO2 TEA laser in which loss-locking was obtained using the internal electrooptic element as an AM modulator. However, attempts at phase-locking were unsuccessful. Results of a detailed investigation of the discharge properties of the TEA laser are presented. The processes involved in mode- locking and their bearing on the observed results are discussed.
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Subject Categories:
- Lasers and Masers