DYNAMICS OF LOW-PRESSURE GAIN-SWITCHED IODINE LASERS

Authors
NICHOLSON J RUDOLPH W MCIVER J TATE R HAGER G
Citation
J. Nicholson et al., DYNAMICS OF LOW-PRESSURE GAIN-SWITCHED IODINE LASERS, Applied physics letters, 67(4), 1995, pp. 464-466
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
67
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
464 - 466
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1995)67:4<464:DOLGIL>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The dynamics of gain-switched, low-pressure photolytic iodine lasers w ere investigated experimentally and theoretically as a function of pre ssure and buffer gas. The behavior of the pulse shape, build-up, and d uration can be explained by relaxation from a nonthermalized to a ther malized velocity distribution of the gas. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.