Generation of subnanosecond pulses by a low-temperature YAG:Nd laser

Journal Article · Thu Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE1979v009n11ABEH009751· OSTI ID:5560712

Varnavskii, O P; Larikov, A V; Leontovich, A M

A self-mode-locked YAG:Nd laser operated at 100 /sup 0/K is described. The laser emitted a train of four to five lambda=1.061 ..mu.. optical pulses of 80--100 psec duration with a reproducibility better than 95%. The pulse duration was measured using a large-aperture high-speed optical switch with a saturable filter or an image converter. The product of the spectral width and the pulse duration (measured at half-height) was approx.0.8.

• Research Organization: P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
• OSTI ID: 5560712
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 9:11; ISSN SJQEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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