CO2 laser stabilization using an external cavity locked to a reference HeNe laser
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 57 (1) , 6-8
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1139121
Abstract
A method is described for stabilization of a cw CO2 laser by locking it to a modulated external cavity which is locked to a HeNe reference laser. This avoids the necessity of modulating the CO2 laser. Stability values of a few tens of kHz on the microsecond and minute time scales have been achieved.Keywords
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