MULTIMODE OPERATION OF A CW CO2-LASER WITH AN UNSTABLE CAVITY IN THE PRESENCE OF PHASE INHOMOGENEITIES

Authors
VALUEV VV NAUMOV VG SARKAROV NE SVOTIN PA
Citation
Vv. Valuev et al., MULTIMODE OPERATION OF A CW CO2-LASER WITH AN UNSTABLE CAVITY IN THE PRESENCE OF PHASE INHOMOGENEITIES, Quantum electronics, 28(1), 1998, pp. 14-16
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637818
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
14 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7818(1998)28:1<14:MOOACC>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A numerical investigation of a fast-flow CO2 laser with an unstable ca vity and with phase inhomogeneities demonstrated that two stable mutim ode lasing regimes can exist. In each regime the lasing characteristic s depend continuously, in certain intervals, on the amplitude of phase inhomogeneities. The existence of two regimes may give rise to transi ents as a result of small changes in the cavity phase inhomogeneities.