Generation of high power ultrashort pulses in a low-temperature ruby laser with a small active volume

Journal Article · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1978 · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE1978v008n12ABEH011399· OSTI ID:6213196

Kirkin, A N; Leontovich, A M; Mozharovskii, A M

A short train of up to three pulses with an energy of 1 J was obtained from a ruby laser operating at a low (100/sup 0/K) temperature and consisting of a mode-locked oscillator and three amplifiers with an overall active length of 48 cm. The signal was amplified coherently, the pulse duration being shortened to 5--10 psec. The product of the spectral width and pulse duration (measured at half-height) was 0.2--0.8. The pulse duration was mesured using a large-aperture shutter with a saturable filter. An echelette was used to scatter the light so as to increase the overall transmission of the shutter.

• Research Organization: P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
• OSTI ID: 6213196
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 8:12; ISSN SJQEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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