Injection mode locking of a TEA CO_2 laser on P and R transitions in the 9- and 10-μm bands
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 4 (8) , 250-252
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.4.000250
Abstract
An analysis and experimental study of an injection mode-locked TEA CO2 laser operating on various transitions in the 9- and 10-μm bands are presented. Locking on 30 transitions has been obtained with peak powers of ~1 GW in the output pulse train.Keywords
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