title: Reflective high-finesse interferometers as effective intrapulse laser frequency stabilizers.
abstract: The effect of optical cavity length perturbations on the intrapulse frequency stability of laser cavities terminating in reflective multipass interferometers is investigated. We demonstrate both theoretically and experimentally, in a long-pulse single-mode TEA CO(2) laser, that intrapulse frequency chirping can be strongly reduced by using relatively long high-finesse interferometers. These results can be applied to the design of single-mode lasers with negligible chirping.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Palange
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salvetti