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Photoconductive switch pulse shaping device for the Nova master oscillator*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

R. B. Wilcox
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 5508, L-494, Livermore, California 94550

Abstract

We have compensated for gain saturation in the Nova amplifiers by producing shaped input optical pulses. A silicon switch device generates kilovolt electrical pulses for driving pockels cells. The pulse shape is easily controllable with subnanosecond resolution.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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