OBSERVATION OF PICOSECOND PULSES FROM A Nd:YAG LASER

Abstract
Ultrashort pulses are observed in the output of a Pockel's cell Q‐switched, pulsed Nd:YAG laser. This result suggests that self‐locking effects occur in Nd:YAG lasers and that the output of such lasers may, in general, be composed of many picosecond pulses.