THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF THE INJECTION-LOCKED TEA CO2-LASER INCORPORATING ELECTRON-PLASMA PREPULSE CHIRP PHENOMENA

被引:9
作者
KAR, AK [1 ]
TRATT, DM [1 ]
HECKENBERG, NR [1 ]
HARRISON, RG [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV QUEENSLAND,DEPT PHYS,ST LUCIA,QLD 4067,AUSTRALIA
关键词
LASERS;
D O I
10.1109/JQE.1985.1072534
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Electron-plasma-induced chirping phenomena are incorporated into a quantitative theoretical treatment of an injection-locked compact TEA CO//2 laser. For the first time, inferred estimates of both the magnitude and sense of the single mode detuning range asymmetry about resonance are shown to agree with experimentally derived data. Conditions for chirp-free operation are discussed and demonstrated.
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页数:4
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