Title :
Mode locking of a CW supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser
Author :
Phipps, Stephen P. ; Helms, Charles A. ; Copland, R. James ; Rudolph, Wolfgang ; Truesdell, Keith A. ; Hager, Gordon D.
Author_Institution :
Phillips Lab./LIDB, Kirtland AFB, NM, USA
fDate :
12/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents the results of the first mode-locking experiments on a supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL). Mode locking has been achieved using an acoustooptic modulator (AOM) and lasing demonstrated on the TEM00 modes with a small intracavity aperture. A dc magnetic field was used to increase the number of axial modes and a peak power of 2.5 kW has been reached with a pulse width of 2.1 ns at a repetition rate of 43.68 MHz
Keywords :
chemical lasers; iodine; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser modes; magnetic fields; oxygen; supersonic flow; 2.1 ns; 2.5 kW; CW supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser mode locking; O2-I; TEM00 modes; acoustooptic modulator; axial modes; dc magnetic field; mode-locking experiments; peak power; pulse width; repetition rate; small intracavity aperture; supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser; Chemical lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Mirrors; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
