• DocumentCode
    1081359
  • Title

    Magnetooptical switch for synchronization of CO2and red laser beams

  • Author

    Ahrenkiel, R.K. ; Thomas, S. ; Prinz, G.A. ; Krebs, J.J. ; Maisch, W.G.

  • Author_Institution
    University of California, Los Alamos, NM, USA
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1980
  • fDate
    3/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    253
  • Lastpage
    255
  • Abstract
    Synchronization of CO2and red HeNe laser beams have been achieved by using a CO2laser to quench the ferrimagnetic Faraday effect in thin films of(CO, Cr, Fe)3O4and (CO, Cr, Fe)3O4which have a large Faraday effect at 6328 Å switching occurs in subnanosecond times.
  • Keywords
    Carbon dioxide lasers; Faraday effect; Laser beams; Magnetic switching; Magnetooptic materials/devices; Noble-gas lasers; Visible lasers; Absorption; Chromium; Faraday effect; Ferrimagnetic materials; Laser beams; Laser fusion; Magnetic switching; Optical films; Substrates; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1980.1070465
  • Filename
    1070465