CO2 LASER PULSING TECHNIQUES

Abstract

In a study of CO2 laser pulsing techniques stable mode locking of a CO2 laser was achieved with the use of a resonated internal electro-optic phase modulator driven at frequencies near the axial mode interval. Pulses of 25 nanosecond duration and 147 nanosecond period were observed. Pulse trains at twice the fundamental mode frequency were also obtained. Stable locking was achieved with an r. f. input power to the modulator of less than 1 milliwatt. Locking could be induced when the modulation frequency was within plus or minus 130 kHz of the fundamental axial mode frequency.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0712117

Entities

People

  • M. L. Bhaumik
  • M. M. Mann

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Contracts
  • Electro-Optic Modulators
  • Electronics
  • Frequency
  • Gas Lasers
  • Laser Mediums
  • Lasers
  • Lc Circuits
  • Military Research
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Phase Modulation
  • Phase Modulators
  • Repetition Rate

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy