title: Simple laser pulse energy monitor.
abstract: A simple and inexpensive relative energy monitor for short laser pulses is described. The three basic units of this system are an integrating detector circuit, an amplifier, and a peak detector and hold circuit. With this device one can measure optical pulse energies (at 1.06 microm) as small as 1.0 nJ with an electronic accuracy of approximately 1%.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, North Texas State University, Denton, TX 76203, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Smirl
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Shoemaker
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Hambenne
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Matter
mesh_terms: D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004735:Energy Transfer; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D010783:Photometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation*