Development and Construction of a Line-Tunable Fundamental-Mode Pulsed HF/DF Laser

Abstract

The report describes a development program for the construction of a line-tunable single-mode pulsed TE(Transverse Electric discharge) laser, suitable for use with both HF and DF. Experiments performed with a prototype, aimed at suppression of the superradiant background, indicated that it was not possible to lower the optical gain significantly without adversely affecting the tuned pulse energies and the pulse-to-pulse energy reproducibility. The test program and the construction and performance of this laser system are discussed in detail herein.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0764709

Entities

People

  • Dietmar E. Rothe

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Lasers
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Detectors
  • Deuterium Fluoride Lasers
  • Diameters
  • Electric Discharges
  • Far Field
  • Glow Discharges
  • Ionization
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Optomechanics
  • Radiation
  • Spectral Lines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy