TY - JOUR
T1 - Mechanism of Passive Q Switching in Co2 Lasers
AU - Burak, Itamar
AU - Houston, Paul L.
AU - Sutton, David G.
AU - Steinfeld, Jeffrey I.
PY - 1971/2
Y1 - 1971/2
N2 - Passive switching switching of a CO2 laser by saturable absorbers is analyzed in terms of a four-state kinetic model previously used to interpret infrared saturation, double resonance, and pulse transmission. Good agreement is found between the predictions of this model and the experimental dependence of such variables as pulsewidth, repetition frequency, and peak power on the presence of buffer gases mixed in with the absorber.
AB - Passive switching switching of a CO2 laser by saturable absorbers is analyzed in terms of a four-state kinetic model previously used to interpret infrared saturation, double resonance, and pulse transmission. Good agreement is found between the predictions of this model and the experimental dependence of such variables as pulsewidth, repetition frequency, and peak power on the presence of buffer gases mixed in with the absorber.
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U2 - 10.1109/JQE.1971.1076596
DO - 10.1109/JQE.1971.1076596
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AN - SCOPUS:0039351346
SN - 0018-9197
VL - 7
SP - 73
EP - 82
JO - IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
JF - IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
IS - 2
ER -