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4 May 1993 Demonstration of a repetitively pulsed magnetically gain-switched chemical oxygen iodine laser
Gordon D. Hager, D. Kopf, David N. Plummer, T. Salsich, Peter G. Crowell
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Proceedings Volume 1810, 9th International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.144696
Event: Ninth International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers, 1992, Heraklion, Greece
Abstract
Recently, modulation of the output from a chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) has been demonstrated by applying a pulsed magnetic field directly to the laser cavity. A peak-to- average power enhancement of 3.2 was obtained. The rate of change of the magnetic field in these experiments, however, was relatively slow, 0.5 gauss/microsecond(s) . In this article, we report the demonstration of a fast field switching technique (325 gauss/microsecond(s) ), in which switching occurs faster than the laser mode can build up. With this technique, we have achieved a peak- to-average power enhancement of 12.7 and achieved true gain-switched operation.
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Gordon D. Hager, D. Kopf, David N. Plummer, T. Salsich, and Peter G. Crowell "Demonstration of a repetitively pulsed magnetically gain-switched chemical oxygen iodine laser", Proc. SPIE 1810, 9th International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers, (4 May 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.144696
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KEYWORDS
Chemical oxygen iodine lasers

Magnetism

Iodine

Oxygen

Pulsed laser operation

Sensors

Laser resonators

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