mode-lockv.
/ˈməʊdlɒk/, U.S. /ˈmoʊdˌlɑk/ Physics.
transitive. To subject (a laser) to mode-locking.
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1966 Appl. Physics Lett. 8 182/1 The YAIG:Nd laser was mode locked over a frequency width of order 12·6 Gc/sec (42 × 300 Mc/sec).
1971 Physics Bull. Dec. 718/2 Flashlamp pumped dye lasers have been successfully modelocked to produce high power pulses of transform~limited durations of 2–3 ps.
1989 P. Knight in P. Davies New Physics x. 307/1 A simpler..mode-locking technique is to insert an absorber into the laser cavity which will ‘passively’ mode-lock the laser light.
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