Title :
Competition and stimulated switching of transverse laser modes
Author :
Johnston, William ; Tingye Li ; Smith, Paul
Author_Institution :
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Holmdel, N.J., USA
fDate :
7/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A 6328-Å He-Ne laser operating in the fundamental transverse mode may be switched to second order mode operation by injection of a small second order mode signal. Experiments are reported and results compared with theory.
Keywords :
Apertures; Frequency; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Lenses; Mirrors; Resonance;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1968.1075361
