CO2 oscillator–pulse shaper–amplifier system producing 0.1 J in a 500 psec laser pulse
- 1 July 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 46 (7) , 814-816
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1134344
Abstract
The output of an optical free induction decay pulse generator was amplified up to the 0.1 J level. A pulse width of 500 psec was resolved on a Tektronix 519 oscilloscope using a pyroelectric detector. This agreed well with a linear computer model of the system response.Keywords
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