• DocumentCode
    1141131
  • Title

    Mechanism of passive Q switching in CO2lasers

  • Author

    Burak, Itamar ; Houston, Paul L. ; Sutton, David G. ; Steinfeld, Jeffrey I.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1971
  • fDate
    2/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    73
  • Lastpage
    82
  • Abstract
    Passive Q switching of a CO2laser by saturable absorbers is analyzed in terms of a four-state kinetic model previously used to interpret infrared saturations double resonance, and pulse transmission. Good agreement is found between the predictions of this model and the experimental dependence of such variables as pulsewidth, repetition frequency, and peak power on the presence of buffer gases mixed in with the absorber.
  • Keywords
    Electron beams; Gas lasers; Gases; Indium tin oxide; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Resonance; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1971.1076596
  • Filename
    1076596
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1141131