CO2 oscillator–pulse shaper–amplifier system producing 0.1 J in a 500 psec laser pulse

Abstract
The output of an optical free induction decay pulse generator was amplified up to the 0.1 J level. A pulse width of 500 psec was resolved on a Tektronix 519 oscilloscope using a pyroelectric detector. This agreed well with a linear computer model of the system response.