MODE-LOCKING OF A CW SUPERSONIC CHEMICAL OXYGEN-IODINE LASER

Authors
PHIPPS SP HELMS CA COPLAND RJ RUDOLPH W TRUESDELL KA HAGER GD
Citation
Sp. Phipps et al., MODE-LOCKING OF A CW SUPERSONIC CHEMICAL OXYGEN-IODINE LASER, IEEE journal of quantum electronics, 32(12), 1996, pp. 2045-2050
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE journal of quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189197
Volume
32
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2045 - 2050
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9197(1996)32:12<2045:MOACSC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
This paper presents the results of the first mode-locking experiments on a supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL). Mode locking has been achieved using an acoustooptic modulator (AOM) and lasing demonst rated on the TEM(00) modes with a small intracavity aperture. A dc mag netic field was used to increase the number of axial modes and a peak power of 2.5 kW has been reached with a pulse width of 2.1 ns at a rep etition rate of 43.68 MHz.