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Temporal synchronization of independently tunable single longitudinal mode hybrid CO2 lasers

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We report a quantitative study of temporal synchronization of two independently tunable, single longitudinal mode, hybrid CO2 lasers, sharing a common high pressure section. The theoretical estimates for the dependence of the laser pulse build up time on the cw section pressure are in satisfactory agreement with the experimental results. Further, we show that temporal synchronization over a larger frequency range with no significant degradation of peak power or longitudinal mode selection is possible, by utilising the cw section gain length and cavity Q as additional control parameters.

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Sinha, S., Gupta, P.K. Temporal synchronization of independently tunable single longitudinal mode hybrid CO2 lasers. Appl. Phys. B 51, 295–299 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00325051

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