Simultaneous frequency stabilization and injection in a TEA-CO2 oscillator
Abstract
A novel technique that uses a single master oscillator to serve both the injection and the stabilization function in a TEA-CO2 laser transmitter is described. The method, based on a two-polarization scheme, provides sufficient optical isolation between the TEA laser pulse and the probing laser beam to prevent any damage or saturation of the controlling system. Reproducible and stable SLM operation in the MW power levels is achieved on a long term basis.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- April 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1364/AO.17.001015
- Bibcode:
- 1978ApOpt..17.1015L
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Continuous Wave Lasers;
- Frequency Stability;
- Infrared Lasers;
- Injection Lasers;
- Tea Lasers;
- Isolation;
- Laser Damage;
- Laser Outputs;
- Light Beams;
- Nonlinear Optics;
- Polarization Characteristics;
- Saturation;
- Waveforms;
- Lasers and Masers;
- LASERS: CARBON DIOXIDE