Inventors:
David R. Ahouse - Andover MA
Jack D. Daugherty - Winchester MA
Sheldon L. Glickler - Framingham MA
Paul F. Kellen - Medford MA
George W. Sutton - Lexington MA
David Korff - Lexington MA
Marvel J. Yoder - Andover MA
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air
Force - Washington DC
International Classification:
H01S 308, H01S 322
Abstract:
A high pressure, high power, continuous wave electro-dynamic laser having one of the electrodes (preferably the cathode) made of a porous conductive surface and a backing material capable of broad band acoustic absorption. Such an arrangement effectively absorbs acoustic disturbances which arises primarily from a linear instability within the resonant cavity of the electro-dynamic laser and thereby substantially reduces output flux modulations within the resonant cavity.