Pulse-stacking technique for enhanced performance of a solid-state laser pumped by a high-pulse-rate source

Sylvia E. French; Daniel J W Brown; David S. Knowles; James A. Piper

doi:10.1364/AO.37.000536

Pulse-stacking technique for enhanced performance of a solid-state laser pumped by a high-pulse-rate source

Sylvia E. French, Daniel J W Brown, David S. Knowles, James A. Piper

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We report on a pulse-stacking technique in which a Cr, Nd:GSGG laser pumped by a high-pulse-rate (25 kHz) source is Q switched at lower pulse rates submultiples of the pump rate! to achieve higher-output pulse energies and shorter pulse durations. For six pump pulses stacked, the output peak power increased by a factor of 10 compared with gain-switched output.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	536-539
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	37
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.37.000536
Publication status	Published - 20 Jan 1998

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