Explanation of the mechanism for acousto-optically induced unidirectional operation of a ring laser
A mechanism is proposed for the nonreciprocal behavior of a traveling-wave acousto-optic Q switch, whose use can provide an effective way to enforce unidirectional and hence single-frequency operation of a ring laser. Simple energy and momentum conservation considerations show that the Bragg conditi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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1992.
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