Mode locking of a cw supersonic chemical oxygen iodine laser

Steven P. Phipps; Charles A. Helms; Richard J. Copland; Wolfgang G. Rudolph; Keith A. Truesdell; Gordon D. Hager

doi:10.1117/12.270170

4 April 1997 Mode locking of a cw supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser

Steven P. Phipps, Charles A. Helms, Richard J. Copland, Wolfgang G. Rudolph, Keith A. Truesdell, Gordon D. Hager

Proceedings Volume 3092, XI International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.270170
Event: XI International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High Power Laser Conference, 1996, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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 acousto-optic 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.

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Steven P. Phipps, Charles A. Helms, Richard J. Copland, Wolfgang G. Rudolph, Keith A. Truesdell, and Gordon D. Hager "Mode locking of a cw supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine laser", Proc. SPIE 3092, XI International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference, (4 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.270170

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