We studied the mode structure of a 612 nm He-Ne laser in a transverse magnetic field. The study showed that a mode coupling results in a collapse into a single mode operation of the laser at a magnetic field strength of approximately 267 Gauss. It was also found that the mode collapse lasted for a period of 160 s and the overall laser power was slightly increased from 500 to 535 μW. The calculated frequency stability during the time of mode collapse was 3 10 -7 at room temperature.
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