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

Volume

32

Issue

12

fYear

1996

fDate

12/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2045

Lastpage

2050

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.544748

Filename

544748