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  • Vol. 17, Iss. 9 — May. 1, 1992
  • pp: 691–693

Acousto-optic modulators as unidirectional devices in ring lasers

Murray K. Reed and William K. Bischel  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Letters, Vol. 17, Issue 9, pp. 691-693 (1992)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.17.000691


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Abstract

Acousto-optic modulators can act as optical diodes and force the unidirectional single-axial-mode operation of ring lasers. We explain this effect in terms of the Doppler shift of the scattered light beams and present results of experiments in support of this theory.

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Murray K. Reed and William K. Bischel, "Acousto-optic modulators as unidirectional devices in ring lasers," Opt. Lett. 17, 691-693 (1992)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-17-9-691

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