Modulating the output of a XeCl* laser by a pulsed-power electrical soliton generator

Stephen A. Fairlie

doi:10.1117/12.204998

3 March 1995 Modulating the output of a XeCl* laser by a pulsed-power electrical soliton generator

Stephen A. Fairlie

Proceedings Volume 2374, Novel Applications of Lasers and Pulsed Power; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.204998
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A new pulsed power technique is described for exciting a XeCl^* excimer laser to produce a sequence of high recurrence frequency output pulses. A novel driving circuit is demonstrated, centered around capacitors made from a nonlinear ferroelectric ceramic dielectric material. If certain conditions are met, then a discrete component transmission line built with these capacitors can generate an array of high-power electrical soliton pulses from a single input pulse. For a quasi-cw laser, such as a rare-gas-halide excimer, the modulation of the laser pump power generated by such a nonlinear transmission line, is passed on to produce a similarly modulated laser output. Experimental results are presented showing laser output modulation and further studies are described with regard to improving the generation soliton arrays suitable for driving lasers at high pulse recurrence frequencies.

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Stephen A. Fairlie "Modulating the output of a XeCl* laser by a pulsed-power electrical soliton generator", Proc. SPIE 2374, Novel Applications of Lasers and Pulsed Power, (3 March 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.204998

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