Pulse shaping system
Abstract
Temporally shaped electrical waveform generation provides electrical waveforms suitable for driving an electro-optic modulator (EOM) which produces temporally shaped optical laser pulses for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research. The temporally shaped electrical waveform generation is carried out with aperture coupled transmission lines having an input transmission line and an aperture coupled output transmission line, along which input and output pulses propagate in opposite directions. The output electrical waveforms are shaped principally due to the selection of coupling aperture width, in a direction transverse to the lines, which varies along the length of the line. Specific electrical waveforms, which may be high voltage (up to kilovolt range), are produced and applied to the EOM to produce specifically shaped optical laser pulses. 8 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 335486
- Patent Number(s):
- 5886808
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-911,110; TRN: 99:004576
- Assignee:
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC03-92SF19460
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 23 Mar 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION; PULSE SHAPERS; LASER RADIATION; BEAM SHAPING; LASER FUSION REACTORS; DESIGN; ELECTRO-OPTICAL EFFECTS; POWER SUPPLIES
Citation Formats
Skeldon, M D, and Letzring, S A. Pulse shaping system. United States: N. p., 1999.
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Skeldon, M D, & Letzring, S A. Pulse shaping system. United States.
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title = {Pulse shaping system},
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abstractNote = {Temporally shaped electrical waveform generation provides electrical waveforms suitable for driving an electro-optic modulator (EOM) which produces temporally shaped optical laser pulses for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research. The temporally shaped electrical waveform generation is carried out with aperture coupled transmission lines having an input transmission line and an aperture coupled output transmission line, along which input and output pulses propagate in opposite directions. The output electrical waveforms are shaped principally due to the selection of coupling aperture width, in a direction transverse to the lines, which varies along the length of the line. Specific electrical waveforms, which may be high voltage (up to kilovolt range), are produced and applied to the EOM to produce specifically shaped optical laser pulses. 8 figs.},
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