Direct measurement of gain recovery in a saturated Nd-glass amplifier
- 15 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 32 (12), 816-818
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89927
Abstract
The temporal dependence of the gain recovery in a Nd‐silicate glass amplifier has been directly observed after the passage of a short intense saturating laser pulse. The gain recovery time constant measured for ED‐2 glass is 1.25±0.2 nsec. A striking polarization dependence of gain saturation recovery is observed.Keywords
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