A unidirectional, pulsed far-infrared ring laser

Authors

• W.A. Peebles, University of California, Los Angeles
• Donald P. Umstadter, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• D.L. Brower, University of California, Los Angeles
• N.C. Luhmann Jr., University of California, Los Angeles

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

6-1-1981

Comments

Published by American Institute of Physics. Applied Physics Letters 38, 851 (1981). © 1981 American Institute of Physics. Permission to use. http://apl.aip.org/.

Abstract

The first study of a pulsed, far-infrared, ring laser is described. Unidirectional, traveling-wave operation is observed, thereby eliminating the spatial hole burning effects present in linear cavities. Single-mode output powers of 100 kW have been obtained.