Influence of Giant Pulse Irradiation on a Ruby Laser
Toshizo Nakaya, Hirobumi Okabe
In an optical system, consisting of two ruby lasers (one is Q-switching operation, the other normal operation), the following phenomena have been studied on the basis of the experimental results obtained on the fractional metastable state population; 1) quenching of normal laser oscillation, 2) amplification of incident giant pulse by maser mechanism, and 3) changes in giant pulse characteristics by giant pulse irradiation in a Q-switching laser with saturable absorber.
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics•Sep 1, 1967•1 citation