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.
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;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1969.6864
