Active Q switching technique for producing high laser power in a single longitudinal mode

27 July 1972

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 8 (15) , 369-370
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19720269

Abstract

A Pockels-cell Q switch has been operated in a manner analogous to a saturable absorber, thus allowing the simple and reliable selection of a single longitudinal mode. A TEM₀₀ mode Nd-CaWO₄ laser has produced 400 kW pulses in a single longitudinal mode with a shot-to-shot frequency stability of about 0.01 cm⁻¹.

Keywords

SINGLE LONGITUDINAL MODE
SATURABLE ABSORBERS
ND/CAWO4 LASER
TRIGGER CIRCUITS
ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS
ACTIVE Q SWITCHING TECHNIQUE
TEM00 MODE
HIGH LASER POWER
LASER MODES
SOLID LASERS
400 KW PULSES
SILICON PHOTODETECTOR
POCKELS CELL
FREQUENCY STABILITY

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