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Bistability and passive Q-switching of a CO2 laser with saturable absorber

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The coexistence of bistability and repetitive passive Q-switching of a CO2 laser with a gaseous saturable absorber has been investigated experimentally. With CH3F as the saturable absorber bistability has been observed simultaneously with passive Q-switching, whereas with CH3OH either one of these phenomena can only exist, as demonstrated for the first time. The measured features of both systems can be explained qualitatively by rate-equation theory.

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  1. J. Heppner

    Present address: Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, D-7000, Stuttgart 80, Fed. Rep. Germany

  2. Z. Šolajić

    Present address: Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 57, YU-11001, Beograd, Yugoslavia

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  1. Institut für Plasmaforschung, Universität Stuttgart, D-7000, Stuttgart 80, Fed. Rep. Germany

    J. Heppner, Z. Šolajić & G. Merkle

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Heppner, J., Šolajić, Z. & Merkle, G. Bistability and passive Q-switching of a CO2 laser with saturable absorber. Appl. Phys. B 35, 77–82 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00697426

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