MODE LOCKING OF THE CO2 LASER
- 1 February 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 12 (3), 74-76
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1651905
Abstract
Mode‐locking a CO2 laser through the use of a GaAs intracavity acousto‐optic loss modulator is reported. Also presented are the results of an analysis which includes the important effect of nonlinear saturation on the output power.Keywords
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