Frequency Chirp In A 10 ATM RF-Excited CO[sub]2[/sub] Waveguide Laser

Stian Lovold

doi:10.1117/12.937043

10 July 1987 Frequency Chirp In A 10 ATM RF-Excited CO₂ Waveguide Laser

Stian Lovold

Proceedings Volume 0701, 1986 European Conf on Optics, Optical Systems and Applications; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937043
Event: 1986 International European Conference on Optics, Optical Systems, and Applications, 1986, Florence, Italy

Abstract

The frequency chirp in a pulsed 10 atm continuously tunable rf-excited CO2 waveguide laser has been measured. The chirp, which is on the order of 100 MHz/μs, is caused primarily by the heating of the gas by the discharge. We find good agreement between our results and the theory.

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Stian Lovold "Frequency Chirp In A 10 ATM RF-Excited CO₂ Waveguide Laser", Proc. SPIE 0701, 1986 European Conf on Optics, Optical Systems and Applications, (10 July 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937043

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