Photoconductive switch pulse shaping device for the Nova master oscillator
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Laser and Particle Beams
- Vol. 4 (1), 141-143
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263034600001683
Abstract
We have compensated for gain saturation in the Nova amplifiers by producing shaped input optical pulses. A silicon switch device generates kilovolt electrical pulses for driving pockels cells. The pulse shape is easily controllable with subnanosecond resolution.Keywords
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