title: Optical Kerr switching technique for the production of a picosecond, multiwavelength CO2 laser pulse.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA. cfilip@ucla.edu
authors.forename: Catalin V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Filip
authors.forename: Ritesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Narang
authors.forename: Sergei Ya
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Tochitsky
authors.forename: Christopher E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Clayton
authors.forename: Chandrashekhar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Joshi