Nonlinear optical pulse compression for high-power GaAs photoconductive switching

Thibaut T. de Saxce; Pascal Picart

doi:10.1117/12.146552

9 June 1993 Nonlinear optical pulse compression for high-power GaAs photoconductive switching

Thibaut T. de Saxce, Pascal Picart

Proceedings Volume 1873, Optically Activated Switching III; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.146552
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The stimulated Brillouin scattering effects in liquids is used in conjunction with a 10 ns Q- switched Nd:YAG laser to produce optical pulses of subnanosecond rise time. Various optical schemes are described using Brillouin oscillators and Brillouin amplifiers. The compressed optical pulse is intended to activate a GaAs photoconductive switch producing ten's of MW of electrical power with subnanosecond rise time.

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Thibaut T. de Saxce and Pascal Picart "Nonlinear optical pulse compression for high-power GaAs photoconductive switching", Proc. SPIE 1873, Optically Activated Switching III, (9 June 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.146552

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