Short laser pulse generation: Part one |
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| Authors: | D. Faubert S. L. Chin |
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| Affiliation: | 1. DF is at the Defence Research Establishment Valcartier, PO Box 8800, Courcelette, Québec, Canada;2. SLC is in the Laboratoire de Recherches en Optique et Laser, Université Laval, Québec, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The status of short laser pulse generation is reviewed. Achievements, limitations and potential of techniques producing pulses shorter than 50 ns, from the ultra-violet to the infra-red, are examined.In this half of the paper the physical principles underlying the generation of ultra-short pulses are introduced and the methods of Q-switching, gain switching, cavity dumping and mode-locking are considered. |
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| Keywords: | lasers short pulse generation Q-switching gain switching cavity dumping mode-locking |
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