Laser with reduced intensity fluctuations

Details Laser with reduced intensity fluctuations Laser with reduced intensity fluctuations

1991-10-18

1993-10-05

Healy, Brian

Coherent light generators

Particular resonant cavity

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ABSTRACT:
An intensity stabilized laser including a gain cavity containing a gain medium; and an absorbing cavity containing a nonlinear absorbing medium, wherein the absorbing cavity is located with respect to the gain cavity and the characteristics of the nonlinear absorbing medium are selected so as to provide negative feedback from the absorbing cavity to the gain cavity during operation of the laser to thereby control the gain of the gain cavity.

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