Abstract

The tail of the CO₂ TEA laser pulse has been successfully pulse code modulated with an electrooptic modulator. A CdTe crystal Pockels cell used in a double-pass configuration produced a train of optical pulses 100 nsec wide at a 5-MHz repetition rate. With this multifunctional capability, the CO₂TEA laser can be utilized for both precision ranging and information transfer. A 92% depth of modulation was observed using this Pockels cell modulator configuration.

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Transverse mode-locking by short pulse injection in large aperture TEA CO₂ oscillators

M. Piché and P.-A. Bélanger
Appl. Opt. 19(1) 127-135 (1980)

Pulsed CO₂ TEA laser rangefinder

M. J. Taylor, P. H. Davies, D. W. Brown, W. F. Woods, I. D. Bell, and C. J. Kennedy
Appl. Opt. 17(6) 885-889 (1978)

TIR-1 carbon dioxide laser system for fusion

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Appl. Opt. 19(6) 918-923 (1980)

Variable linewidth high-power TEA CO₂ laser

F. J. Duarte
Appl. Opt. 24(1) 34-37 (1985)

Tunable mode and line selection by injection in a TEA CO₂ laser

Robert T. Menzies, Pierre H. Flamant, Michael J. Kavaya, and Eva N. Kuiper
Appl. Opt. 23(21) 3854-3861 (1984)