An acousto-optic modulator causes unidirectional operation of dye and Ti:sapphire ring lasers. The modulator has a low insertion loss in the cavity and can be used to switch the direction of the beam electronically. The ring-laser performance is characterized, and experiments to probe the origin of the unidirectional operation are described.
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