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The experimental results on irradiation of a thin aluminum film on Mylar tape with nanosecond laser pulses are presented. The film was used as an optical isolator in one of the first neodymium-glass laser systems with a power of ≈1 GW. A Q-switched laser beam passing through the film formed pulses with a leading edge of ≈1 ns. The mechanism of rapid (10−9–10−10 s) bleaching of the optical shutter based on a metal film is discussed.
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Original Russian Text © V.S. Zuev, Yu.V. Senatsky, 2015, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2015, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 16–24.
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Zuev, V.S., Senatsky, Y.V. On the operation of an optical shutter based on a thin metal film. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 42, 102–106 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S106833561504003X
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