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Distortion-free intracavity polarization modulation of an optically pumped CH3OH laser is shown to be viable. The possible use of this modulation technique to make a multichannel Faraday rotation measurement on a Tokamak device is discussed. In addition, the CdTe Faraday modulator employed in this study is shown to have an anomalously large Verdet constant.
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The CdTe employed in this work was grown by II–VI Inc., Saxonburg, PA.
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Mansfield, D.K., Johnson, L.C. A magneto-optically modulated CH3OH laser for Faraday rotation measurements in Tokamaks. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 2, 651–663 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01007269
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