Pulse-Stacking Technique for Enhanced Performance of a Solid-State Laser Pumped by a High-Pulse-Rate Source
Applied Optics, Vol. 37, Issue 3, pp. 536-539 (1998)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.37.000536
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Abstract
We report on a pulse-stacking technique in which a Cr, Nd:GSGG laser pumped by a high-pulse-rate (25 kHz) source is Q switched at lower pulse rates (submultiples of the pump rate) 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-switched output.
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OCIS Codes
(140.3210) Lasers and laser optics : Ion lasers
(140.5680) Lasers and laser optics : Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers
Citation
Sylvia E. French, Daniel J. W. Brown, David S. Knowles, and James A. Piper, "Pulse-Stacking Technique for Enhanced Performance of a Solid-State Laser Pumped by a High-Pulse-Rate Source," Appl. Opt. 37, 536-539 (1998)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-37-3-536
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