Self-oscillation instability in fast-flow lasers with unstable resonators

Journal Article · Fri Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1980 · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE1980v010n02ABEH009903· OSTI ID:5327253

Likhanskii, V V; Napartovich, A P

An analysis is made of the influence of pumping of the active medium and energy exchange between N/sub 2/ and CO/sub 2/ in an unstable resonator zone on the operating conditions of fast-flow carbon dioxide lasers. Explicit expressions are derived for the perturbation growth rate and the dependence of the boundary of the stable region on the parameters of the medium and resonators. Estimates are made of the radiation pulse durations in the self-modulation regime.

• Research Organization: I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow
• OSTI ID: 5327253
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 10:2; ISSN SJQEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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