DocumentCode
1067724
Title
Controlled energy extraction and sharp nanosecond pulses from an HF amplifier
Author
Getzinger, R.W. ; Greiner, N.R. ; Ware, K.D. ; Carpenter, J.P. ; Wenzel, R.G.
Author_Institution
University of California, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Volume
12
Issue
9
fYear
1976
fDate
9/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
556
Lastpage
558
Abstract
We report complete spatial control of laser energy extracted from an electron-beam-initiated HF amplifier. Control was achieved by application of a weak oscillator beam, which, by extraction of all of the available energy, overcame amplified spontaneous emission. In a separate experiment, temporal control was also demonstrated. Short (4-ns) sharp (contrast ∼20) amplified pulses were obtained by rapid polarization rotation and selective reflection in the amplified beam.
Keywords
Hafnium; Laser beams; Optical control; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Oscillators; Polarization; Preamplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Spontaneous emission;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1976.1069210
Filename
1069210
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