Tunable mode and line selection by injection in a TEA CO_2 laser
- 1 November 1984
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 23 (21), 3854-3861
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.23.003854
Abstract
Tunable mode selection by injection in pulsed CO2 lasers is examined, and both analytical and numerical models are used to compute the required injection power for a variety of experimental cases. These are treated in two categories: mode selection at a desired frequency displacement from the center frequency of a transition line in a dispersive cavity and mode (and line) selection at the center frequency of a selected transition line in a nondispersive cavity. The results point out the potential flexibility of pulsed injection in providing wavelength tunable high-energy single-frequency pulses.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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