DocumentCode
1082483
Title
Pulse stretching in a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser
Author
Schmid, Wolfram E.
Author_Institution
Pfojektgruppe fuer Laserfoschung, Garching, Germany
Volume
16
Issue
7
fYear
1980
fDate
7/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
790
Lastpage
794
Abstract
Stretching of 
-switched Nd:YAG laser pulses has been achieved by rapidly varying the resonator output coupling during the pulse duration, using a Pockels cell driven by a high-voltage planar triode. An analytical solution for the temporal variation of loss, inversion, and photon density has been found. Flat laser pulses up to 600 ns duration and energy extraction efficiency close to 100 percent have been demonstrated experimentally.
-switched Nd:YAG laser pulses has been achieved by rapidly varying the resonator output coupling during the pulse duration, using a Pockels cell driven by a high-voltage planar triode. An analytical solution for the temporal variation of loss, inversion, and photon density has been found. Flat laser pulses up to 600 ns duration and energy extraction efficiency close to 100 percent have been demonstrated experimentally.Keywords
Neodymium:YAG lasers; Q-switched lasers; Arthritis; Equations; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Neodymium; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Shape control;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1980.1070572
Filename
1070572
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