CO_2 Laser with Simultaneous Active and Passive Q-Switching
- 1 January 1971
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 10 (1) , 141-143
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.10.000141
Abstract
Experiments were performed on a CO2 laser using both saturable absorbing gas and slowly rotating mirror Q-switches. It was found that the saturating absorber essentially controls the pulse width and structure over a wide range of mirror rotation rates. A theoretical calculation is also reported. The CO2 laser and the absorber were both assumed to be two-level systems.Keywords
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