Method and apparatus for pulse stacking

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:862940

Harney, Robert C ^[1]

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1. Livermore, CA

An active pulse stacking system including an etalon and an electro-optical modulator apparatus combined with a pulse-forming network capable of forming and summing a sequence of time-delayed optical waveforms arising from, for example, a single laser pulse. The Pockels cell pulse stacker may attain an efficiency of about 2.6% while providing a controllable faster-than-exponential time rise in transmitted pulse intensity.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4053763
• OSTI ID: 862940
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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optical
waveforms
arising
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laser
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attain
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