Heterodyne detection of frequency sweeping in the output of transverse-excitation CO2 lasers
- 1 May 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 22 (9) , 453-454
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654709
Abstract
Heterodyne detection is used to measure frequency sweeps in helical TE laser output. The heterodyne signal is analyzed and a model based on pressure‐induced index‐of‐refraction changes is proposed.Keywords
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