Programable generation of high-voltage pulses for Pockels cell modulators

Alain Jolly; M. Urbanik; P. Estraillier

doi:10.1117/12.354227

23 July 1999 Programable generation of high-voltage pulses for Pockels cell modulators

Alain Jolly, M. Urbanik, P. Estraillier

Proceedings Volume 3492, Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354227
Event: Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, 1998, Monterey, CA, United States

Abstract

An original design for electro-optical pulse shaping is presented, enabling the operation of programmable high voltage pulses with fast Pockels cell amplitude modulators. The basic idea is to make use of diode lasers together with photoconductors, inside a simple arrangement comprised of two resistivity coupled microstrip lines. We demonstrate a prototype with better than 200 ps a time resolution of more than 200 ps within 3.5 ns wide pulse, at apeak output voltage of 2 kilovolts and more than 50 dB amplitude dynamics.

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Alain Jolly, M. Urbanik, and P. Estraillier "Programable generation of high-voltage pulses for Pockels cell modulators", Proc. SPIE 3492, Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, (23 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354227

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