GAS DISCHARGE NOISE AND THE LASER OUTPUT,

Abstract

The effect of moving striations on the performance of a gas laser is studied. A traveling periodic stratification in dielectric constant is shown to separate each resonant cavity mode into a multi-tone spectrum. Verification of this theory is provided by an experimental study of the spectra of the output of a helium-neon laser in the LF, RF and optical frequency ranges. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0705620

Entities

People

  • James Yoh
  • Nicholas George

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cavity Resonators
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Frequency
  • Gas Discharges
  • Gas Lasers
  • Helium Neon Lasers
  • Lasers
  • Spectra
  • Stratification
  • Striations
  • Verification

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers