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Switching of the generation of nano/picosecond pulses in Nd:YAG laser with Pockels Q-switch

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A method for switching the regime of single-frequency generation of nanosecond pulses to a train of picosecond pulses in the Nd:YAG laser with an electro-optic Pockels Q-switch without changing cavity elements is proposed. The single-frequency regime was provided by aligning an active element which played the role of a longitudinal cavity mode selector. The lasing spectrum was measured using a Fabry-Perot interferometer with simultaneous recording of pulse oscillograms.

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  1. Wave Research Center, Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    S. M. Pershin, V. N. Lednev, M. A. Davydov, V. K. Klinkov & A. F. Bunkin

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Original Russian Text © S.M. Pershin, V.N. Lednev, M.A. Davydov, V.K. Klinkov, A.F. Bunkin, 2013, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2013, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 42–47.

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Pershin, S.M., Lednev, V.N., Davydov, M.A. et al. Switching of the generation of nano/picosecond pulses in Nd:YAG laser with Pockels Q-switch. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 40, 164–167 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335613060055

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