Interpulse interference and passive laser pulse shapers
Abstract
Passive pulse shapers including Fabry-Perot etalons, double-etalons, and classical beam splitters are examined both theoretically and experimentally for their temporal behavior. For temporally and spatially overlapped pulses, interpulse interference effects determine the resulting pulse shapes. The output pulses from such devices are expected to be of great importance for laser fusion pulse shaping.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- December 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1364/AO.15.003054
- Bibcode:
- 1976ApOpt..15.3054M
- Keywords:
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- Beam Splitters;
- Electromagnetic Interference;
- Laser Fusion;
- Laser Outputs;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Waveforms;
- Fabry-Perot Interferometers;
- Mirrors;
- Optical Reflection;
- Time Dependence;
- Time Lag;
- Lasers and Masers;
- INTERFEROMETRY;
- LASERS