DocumentCode
1141266
Title
Doppler-effect mechanism for laser Q switching with a rotating mirror
Author
Kafri, O. ; Speiser, Shammai ; Kimel, Sol
Author_Institution
Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Volume
7
Issue
3
fYear
1971
fDate
3/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
122
Lastpage
126
Abstract
A novel description, based on the Doppler effect, is given for laser 
switching by a rotating mirror. Fourier analysis yields a relation between the width of the pulse 
and the angular velocity of the mirror 
. It is shown that for laser emission having a Gaussian spatial amplitude profile the temporal shape of a -switched pulse is also Gaussian. It is predicted that for different lasers switched by mirrors rotating with the same 
will depend on the wavelength of the laser. For a ruby laser, measurements are reported of versus for different configurations of the cavity into which vertical and horizontal slits were introduced.
switching by a rotating mirror. Fourier analysis yields a relation between the width of the pulse and the angular velocity of the mirror . It is shown that for laser emission having a Gaussian spatial amplitude profile the temporal shape of a -switched pulse is also Gaussian. It is predicted that for different lasers switched by mirrors rotating with the same will depend on the wavelength of the laser. For a ruby laser, measurements are reported of versus for different configurations of the cavity into which vertical and horizontal slits were introduced.Keywords
Angular velocity; Chemical lasers; Doppler effect; Laser modes; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1971.1076608
Filename
1076608
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