High-speed, low-cost laser-triggered plasma shutter
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 54 (9) , 1131-1134
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1137535
Abstract
Design and construction of a CO2 laser-triggered plasma shutter is described. An inexpensive pyroelectric detector and a novel needle-resistor spark gap, requiring an applied voltage of less than 500 V, are employed. The total electronic delay can be made to be less than 15 ns with subnanosecond jitter. This plasma shutter finds applications in producing picosecond CO 2 laser pulses and in optical isolationKeywords
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