CONTROLLING THE LASING OF A CO2-LASER BY MEANS OF VO2 MODULATORS

Authors
Citation
Ai. Sidorov, CONTROLLING THE LASING OF A CO2-LASER BY MEANS OF VO2 MODULATORS, Journal of optical technology, 64(1), 1997, pp. 19-22
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
ISSN journal
10709762
Volume
64
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
19 - 22
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-9762(1997)64:1<19:CTLOAC>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
This paper discusses effects that appear when intense laser radiation interacts inside a cavity with modulators based on vanadium oxide. It is shown that the given effects can be used to increase the switching rate of the modulators. (C) 1997 The Optical Society of America.