PULSE-STACKING TECHNIQUE FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE OF A SOLID-STATE LASER-PUMPED BY A HIGH-PULSE-RATE SOURCE

Authors
FRENCH SE BROWN DJW KNOWLES DS PIPER JA
Citation
Se. French et al., PULSE-STACKING TECHNIQUE FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE OF A SOLID-STATE LASER-PUMPED BY A HIGH-PULSE-RATE SOURCE, Applied optics, 37(3), 1998, pp. 536-539
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
37
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
536 - 539
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1998)37:3<536:PTFEPO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report on a pulse-stacking technique in which a Cr,Nd:GSGG laser pu mped by a high-pulse-rate (25 kHz) source is Q switched at lower pulse rates (submultiples of the pump fate) to achieve higher-output pulse energies and shorter pulse durations. For six pump pulses stacked, the output peak power increased by a factor of 10 compared with gain-swit ched output. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.