Picosecond laser pulses
- 1 January 1969
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IEEE
- Vol. 57 (1), 2-25
- https://doi.org/10.1109/proc.1969.6864
Abstract
The broad bandwidth and long storage lifetimes of Nd3+: glass and ruby lasers have made possible the generation of picosecond laser pulses having peak powers it excess of one gigawatt and repetition rates in the microwave range. The numerous application areas of these pulses include research in nonlinear optics, transient response of atomic and molecular systems, optically generated plasmas, spectroscopy, ranging, optical information processing, and high-speed photography. This paper reviews several experimental techniques for generating, measuring, and utilizing these ultrashort laser pulses.Keywords
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