| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1703087 |
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| Author | Search for: Szabo, A.1; Search for: Stein, R. A. |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Abstract | Several experimental demonstrations of laser giant pulsing using a saturable absorber inside the laser cavity as a fast switch have recently been reported. In the present work giant pulse parameters such as pulse rise and fall times and peak power are calculated as a function of σ, the ratio of absorber to laser ion cross sections; nai, the normalized inversion prior to switching; and the laser mirror transmission Tr. It is shown that there is an optimum Tr for the extraction of maximum peak power. A criterion for the minimum σ for giant pulsing to occur is derived. The largest output occurs when σ → ∞ in which case the theory approaches that of Wagner and Lengyel. Some numerical examples are presented as well as a discussion of the range of validity of the theory. |
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| Publication date | 1965-05 |
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| Publisher | AIP Publishing |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 23002799 |
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| Record identifier | e13dfbb3-100d-4ad8-9632-85c42a1cabfa |
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| Record created | 2018-02-28 |
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| Record modified | 2020-03-12 |
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