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This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant ECS-9014481.
Published In
Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2003
Subjects
Helium neon lasers, Ulatrashort laser pulses, Oscillators
Abstract
Spontaneous pulsations similar to the type discovered in 3.51-μm Xe laser oscillators were reported several years ago in 3.39-μm He–Ne lasers, but no numerical interpretation of the He–Ne data has been given. The model for the Xe laser instability is adapted here to the He–Ne system, and the results include direct comparisons between theoretical calculations and published experimental data. Good agreement is obtained for the instability threshold, the pulsation frequencies, and many other features; and unmeasured but potentially useful pulsation characteristics are also readily obtained from the model.
DOI
10.1364/JOSAB.20.002539
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/8169
Citation Details
Pitak Chenkosol and Lee W. Casperson, "Spontaneous coherent pulsations in 3.39-m He-Ne standing-wave laser oscillators," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 20, 2539-2547 (2003).
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