• DocumentCode
    902050
  • Title

    Picosecond laser pulses

  • Author

    DeMaria, A.J. ; Glenn, William H., Jr. ; Brienza, Michael J. ; Mack, Michael E.

  • Author_Institution
    United Aircraft Research Laboratories, East Hartford, Conn.
  • Volume
    57
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1969
  • Firstpage
    2
  • Lastpage
    25
  • Abstract
    The broad bandwidth and long storage lifetimes of Nd3+: glass and ruby lasers have made possible the generation of picosecond laser pulses having peak powers it excess of one gigawatt and repetition rates in the microwave range. The numerous application areas of these pulses include research in nonlinear optics, transient response of atomic and molecular systems, optically generated plasmas, spectroscopy, ranging, optical information processing, and high-speed photography. This paper reviews several experimental techniques for generating, measuring, and utilizing these ultrashort laser pulses.
  • Keywords
    Atom optics; High power microwave generation; High speed optical techniques; Masers; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Plasma measurements; Power lasers; Pulse measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1969.6864
  • Filename
    1448794
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=902050