Iodine photodissociation laser with an intracavity space — time light modulator

A scheme of an iodine laser with two different intracavity space — time modulators based on electrooptic PLZT ceramics is experimentally studied. It is shown that lasing can occur in different angular directions with the use of both modulators. The output laser energy is 10 mJ with a pulse duration of 200 μs and a beam divergence of 6.3 × 10^-4 rad. The laser field of view (5.1 × 10^-3 rad) consists of a discrete set of 8 × 8 directions.