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Improved, chirped acousto-optic q switch. [Patent application]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7091529

An improved acousto-optic laser Q-switch uses a chirped fm pulse in the acousto-optic cell to diffract and focus the input beam into a resonating high-Q mode. When the rf acoustic pulse is not wholly within the cell, the beam is diverted to the output. A reflective surface is placed on the cell to yield only one output beam and to yield a retroflective beam back into the cavity for a high Q condition whenever a correctly generated chirp acoustic wave is in the proper postion within the cell.

Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, CO (USA)
OSTI ID:
7091529
Report Number(s):
AD-D-003801
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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