Abstract
During the last decade there has been considerable interest in the development of frequency-stabilized TEA CO2 lasers that can be utilized as transmitter sources in various lidar systems. In particular there is a demand for these devices in laser radar-tracking systems as well as wind detection and monitoring projects using heterodyne detection techniques. At present, a typical TEA CO2 laser is capable of producing frequency-stabilized pulses of a few hundred millijoules at rates to 400 pps. Pulse-to-pulse frequency stabilities of 50-60 kHz and pulse chirp rates of ~1 MHz/μsec2 have been reported.1
© 1981 Optical Society of America
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