NONLINEAR AND ANISOTROPIC EFFECTS IN MAGNETICALLY TUNED LASER AMPLIFIERS,
Abstract
The nonlinear characteristics of a gas laser amplifier operating with two optical frequency signals of arbitrary polarization and having an axial magnetic field is analyzed, using semiclassical radiation theory and a density matrix formalism. Both perturbational solutions, valid for relatively weak intensities and solutions valid for arbitrarily strong fields are obtained for two nonlinear effects: the saturation interaction of the electromagnetic waves, and the generation of combination tones. An arbitrary amount of Doppler broadening is considered throughout. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0667188
Entities
People
- Andrew Dienes
Organizations
- California Institute of Technology