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Selection of High-Power Nanosecond Pulses from Large-Aperture CO2 Oscillators

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A high-contrast 6 J, 3 ns pulse has been obtained from an injection mode-locked TEA CO2 oscillator using an extracavity SF6-He saturable absorber to suppress the prepulse energy to <1 μJ and an intracavity semiconductor transmission switch to suppress postpulses. The techniques described in this chapter will allow the frequency and transverse-mode control of an oscillator to be maintained to much higher powers than are presently possible.

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Apollonov, V.V. (2016). Selection of High-Power Nanosecond Pulses from Large-Aperture CO2 Oscillators. In: High-Energy Molecular Lasers. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 201. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33359-5_33

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