Lasers and physical processes in them

Continuous-wave CO₂ laser with acoustooptic Q switching

K. V. Kozlov, V. N. Chizhevskiĭ, V. V. Churakov


Abstract: An experimental investigation was made of low-frequency switching of the Q factor of cw sealed conventional and waveguide lasers. The use of an intracavity acoustooptic traveling-wave switch made it possible to generate microsecond pulses with repetition frequencies up to 200 kHz.

UDC: 621.373.826.038.823

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.60.By, 42.60.Gd, 42.60.Pk, 42.60.Da, 42.79.Jq

Received: 01.10.1987

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1988, 18:8, 959–960

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