Energy characteristics of light from a passively mode-locked Ar/sup +/ laser

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5103849

Gafurov, K G; Krindach, D P; Nazarov, B I; Novoderezhkin, V I

Results are reported from an experimental study of the maximum average and pulse powers of a passively mode-locked Ar/sup +/ laser containing a gas discharge absorber. The peak pulse power is found to increase roughly linearly with increasing absorption; it was found to depend more strongly on the ratio S of the beam cross sections in the amplifying and absorbing media. The value of S was determined experimentally for the case when several pulses were generated during the period T/sub 0/ of the Ar/sup +/ laser cavity and interacted in the absorber.

• Research Organization: M. V. Lomonosov State University, Moscow
• OSTI ID: 5103849
• Journal Information: Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 28:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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