SHORT PULSE SOLID STATE LASER FOR TELEMETRY

Development and optimization of high intensity solid state - excimer hybrid laser systems and their application for short pulse material processing

Short-pulse laser-produced plasmas

In this review, the physics of short-pulse laser-produced plasmas at moderate intensities is described, together with applications to x-ray sources and material processing.

Picosecond laser pulse generation in a monolithic self-Q-switched solid-state laser

We report the generation of laser pulses of 290-ps duration with 8-N pulse energy in single longitudinal mode and single transverse mode in a diode-end-pumped monolithic self-Q-switched Cr,Nd:YAG laser. The most commonly used method of generating picosecond laser pulses is the mode-locking technique. Mode-locking generally requires a light modulator such as an intracavity acousto-optical modula...

Energy coupling in short pulse laser solid interactions and its impact for space debris removal.

Significant advances have been made over the last decade to improve the performance, efficiency, and contrast of high peak and average power laser systems, driven by their use in a wide variety of fields, from the industrial to the scientific. As the contrast of the lasers has improved, interactions with contrasts of 1012 are now routinely undertaken. At such high contrasts, there is...

Solid State High Power Pulse Switching

In this paper, the structural features and the methods of turning on high power thyristors, reverse blocking diode thyristors and light activated silicon switches are reviewed. The advantages and limitations of these devices are described together with a description of the performance achieved to date by the various devices. Finally, the operation of these devices in series strings to form high...