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Pulse evolution in injection mode locked TECO2 lasers

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The pulse train evolution in an injection mode locked TECO2 laser has been investigated for a wide range of input pulse widths e.g., ranging from the cavity round-trip time to near the bandwidth-limited value for the system. Regimes in which pulse narrowing and pulse broadening occur have been identified and are discussed. The combined use of injection and saturable-absorber mode-locking techniques has produced reliable subnanosecond pulse trains from a large aperture TEACO2 laser.

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Dyer, P.E., Perera, I.K. Pulse evolution in injection mode locked TECO2 lasers. Appl. Phys. 23, 245–251 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00914907

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