Behavior of saturable‐absorber giant‐pulse lasers in the limit of large absorber cross section

DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1709945
Author	Search for: Erickson, L. E.¹; Search for: Szabo, A.¹
Name affiliation	National Research Council of Canada
Format	Text, Article
Abstract	Using a rate‐equation model, it is shown that the behavior of the saturable‐absorber giant‐pulse (SAGP) laser can be adequately described in terms of two parameters for values of the ratio of absorber to laser absorption cross section σ>200: nai′ the normalized initial inversion and στs, where τs is the normalized absorber relaxation time. In the general case, specification of nai′, σ, and τs is required. Theoretical curves of the giant‐pulse output power, energy, and rise‐ and falltimes are presented. The results are applicable in particular to SAGP lasers employing organic‐dye absorbers.
Publication date	1967-05
Publisher	AIP Publishing
In	Journal of Applied Physics 38, no. 6: 2540–2542.
Note	The authors were affiliated with the National Research Council of Canada, Radio and Electrical Engineering Division when they authored this article.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NPARC number	23002943
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