Optical Kerr switching technique for the production of a picosecond, multiwavelength CO2 laser pulse.
A wavelength-independent method for optical gating, based on the optical Kerr effect, has been demonstrated. Using this method, we produced 100-ps, 10-kW, two-wavelength pulses (10.3 and 10.6 microm) with a signal-to-background ratio contrast of 10(5) by slicing a long CO2 pulse. The capability of gating consecutive pulses separated on a picosecond time scale with this method is also shown.
Filip
Catalin V
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Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA. cfilip@ucla.edu
Narang
Ritesh
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Tochitsky
Sergei Ya
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Clayton
Christopher E
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Joshi
Chandrashekhar
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