Pulse shortening and pulse deformation in a high-power iodine laser amplifier
- 1 November 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 27 (9) , 490-492
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.88545
Abstract
Pulse propagation in a photodissociative iodine laser amplifier is investigated both experimentally and numerically. Pulse reshaping and shortening occur in agreement with theory. It is found that pulse shortening by gain saturation is impractical for subnanosecond pulses.Keywords
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