High-frequency repetitively pulsed operating regime in high-power wide-aperture lasers

Journal Article · Tue Sep 30 04:00:00 EDT 2003 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2003V033N09ABEH002496· OSTI ID:21470375

Apollonov, V V; Kijko, V V; Kislov, V I; Suzdal'tsev, A G; Egorov, A B ^[1]

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1. A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)

A technique for obtaining a repetitively pulsed operating regime in high-power wide-aperture lasers is proposed and experimentally realised. In this regime, the laser emits a train of pulses with a duration of 0.1 - 1 {mu}s and a pulse repetition rate of several tens of kilohertz. The main properties of the pulsed regime are theoretically analysed and the proposed technique is tested in detail employing a test-bench gas-dynamic laser. The results of the test confirmed the conclusions of the theoretical analysis. The possibility of realising a repetitively pulsed regime in high-power wide-aperture lasers without a reduction in the average output power is experimentally demonstrated. (papers devoted to the memory of academician a m prokhorov)

• OSTI ID: 21470375
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Journal Name: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.) Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 33; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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