Mode Medium Interaction. A Theoretical Study.

Abstract

An instability in the output of a high-power unstable-resonator cw CO2 laser is analyzed in terms of the perturbative effect of an acoustic wave which is induced by laser heating. The alignment sensitivity of such a laser is also explained in terms of a temperature gradient along the gas-flow direction, which is transverse to the laser axis. We extend our instability analysis to a simple one-dimensional model of a supersonic laser, which we determine to be stable. Finally, we present a new computational technique to determine the intensity distribution and output coupling of the modes of an unstable resonator whose gain is saturated by a variable amount by the flux of the lowest-loss mode. The intensity distribution of this lowest-loss mode is determined self consistently. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA100905

Entities

People

  • A. Ballantyne
  • C. Duzy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Air Force
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computational Science
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Flow
  • Laser Mediums
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Nomenclature
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Refractive Index
  • Resonators
  • Standing Waves
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wave Equations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers