The spiking behaviour of a laser having combined liquid- and glass-active media

Autor: V I Little, D Andreou
Rok vydání: 1973
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 6:390-394
ISSN: 0022-3727
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/6/4/304
Popis: Experiments have been carried out to explore the mechanism of the self-Q-switching behaviour of a liquid laser. An experimental arrangement was adopted in which an Nd-glass rod and an Nd-liquid column were contained in the same cavity. This arrangement enabled the overall gain in the cavity to be increased without changing the parameters controlling the state of the liquid. The results indicate that the self-Q-switching mechanism is likely to be thermal in character.
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