PHASE-LOCKED OPERATION OF INTERSECTING CO2 WAVE-GUIDE LASERS BY 4-WAVE-MIXING

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作者
ABRAMSKI, KM
BAKER, HJ
COLLEY, AD
HALL, DR
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[1] Optoelectronics and Laser Engineering, Department of Physics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
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10.1016/0030-4018(92)90328-O
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report phase-locked operation of two carbon dioxide waveguide lasers induced by a process of four-wave mixing in an intra-cavity region where the two gain media intersect at an angle of 78 mrad. Mutually coherent output from the two lasers is observed with a locking range of 0.4 MHz, in agreement with estimates based on the gain saturation nonlinearity.
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