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Title: Mode locking of a CW supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser

Journal Article · · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/3.544748· OSTI ID:419719

This paper presents the results of the first mode-locking experiments on a supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL). Mode locking has been achieved using an acoustooptic modulator (AOM) and lasing demonstrated on the TEM{sub 00} modes with a small intracavity aperture. A dc magnetic field was used to increase the number of axial modes and a peak power of 2.5 kW has been reached with a pulse width of 2.1 ns at a repetition rate of 43.68 MHz.

OSTI ID:
419719
Journal Information:
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 32, Issue 12; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English