The effect of a weak axial magnetic field on a He-Cd laser
Abstract
By experimenting on a He-Cd laser in a weak axial magnetic field (WAMF), some new phenomena were observed: the polarization characteristics of the laser beam varied, the main polarization axis of the laser beam rotated and the laser output was modulated while the strength of the WAMF varied. Calculations according to Lamb's theory are in close agreement with experimental results.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- October 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982OptCo..43..207C
- Keywords:
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- Gas Lasers;
- Laser Outputs;
- Magnetic Effects;
- Metal Vapor Lasers;
- Polarized Light;
- Cadmium;
- Helium;
- Laser Cavities;
- Line Spectra;
- Polarization Characteristics;
- Lasers and Masers