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tcctor. 'The e x p e r i m e n t d c l n o i i s t r i i t e s t h e power IIS this piircly c l c L t r i i n i c s t a b i l i z a t i o n sclieme, w l i i c l i can be .ippliccI to many oilier laser syste1ns. It C i l l l be I I S C d 111 SC:llC Ill1 IIK output p o w e r o l t h i s mid iitlicr Iascr systems, w h i c h iirc currently pl'igued b y u i r d c s i r c d
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lilting i h t c i i n c du s i n g ii i i i o i l c l b a e d on l i n e a r i z n l i o i i OS t h e sate-equation sysleiii.' 'The peak i n i:ig. I uirrcspiinds to tlic o s c i l h l i m relaxh a t i i i n frequency (IWl:). The peculiar feature i l l this surctruin is tlic ; i m i d i t i i d e cut-off at -1

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t h e rcsult o[ a c11m~"Lter IIll1 a m o d e l (IC I l l C k1scr sys-

t e m s h o w n iii Fig. I iisiiig a st;i~iclardsplit-step F o u r i e r ~ i i e t h o i l ( a j w i t h open feedback loop , and (I>) with l l i c Srcilliacl; h p closed. In Fig. 2(aj a r e g i o n wlicrc (2-switched m o d e I i r c k i n g o c c ~ ~is s l c a r l y i i o t i c e a l k S w i t c h i n g the Teedrc back Imp 011, 1;ig. 2(li), results in complctc suppression of U - s w i t c l r e t l iiiodc locl<ing. Figiirc 3 s h o w s t h e c o i r e s p i i n d i i i g I i i c x i i r c d rcsults o b t a i n e d with t h e s y s t e m d r s c r i b c d ahiive. Note, Ihc width o f t h c l i i i c sh(iwn i n t h e i n e a s u r e m e n t is doe 10 tlic c w ~ n i o i i e - l ( i c k e d piilsc t r a i n p x t i a l l y r e s i i l \ w I Iiy the photo dc-