• DocumentCode
    1097963
  • Title

    Spectrophone stabilization and offset tuning of a carbon dioxide waveguide laser

  • Author

    Kavaya, Michael J. ; Menzies, Robert T. ; Oppenheim, Uri P.

  • Author_Institution
    California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    8/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1234
  • Lastpage
    1238
  • Abstract
    A sensitive spectrophone containing CO2gas is incorporated into a feedback loop to stabilize the frequency of a CO2waveguide laser. First or second harmonic detection combined with a zero offset feature and the relatively high operating pressure of the laser allows continuous tuning of the stabilized frequency over a 400 MHz range. Frequency stability of better than ±1 MHz is achieved.
  • Keywords
    Acoustooptic materials/devices; Carbon dioxide lasers; Feedback lasers; Laser stability; Waveguide lasers; Carbon dioxide; Frequency; Gas lasers; Laser feedback; Laser stability; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Microphones; Propulsion; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1983.1072022
  • Filename
    1072022
    • Link To Document
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