Acousto-optic modulator as an electronically selectable unidirectional device in a ring laser

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5476234

Roy, R; Schulz, P A; Walther, A

An acousto-optic modulator causes undirectional operation of dye and Ti:sapphire ring lasers. The modulator has a low insertion loss in the cavity and can be used to switch the direction of the beam electronically. The ring laser performance is characterized, and experiments to probe the origin of the unidirectional operation are described.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Lexington (USA). Lincoln Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5476234
• Report Number(s): AD-A-187550/9/XAB; JA-5972
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Pub. in Optics Letters, Vol. 12, No. 9, 672-674(Sep 1987)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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OSCILLATORS
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PROBES
SAPPHIRE
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ALUMINIUM OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CORUNDUM
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
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OXIDES
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