A HIGH SPEED OPTICAL SHUTTER FOR FORMING A LASER EMISSION PULSE (bystrodeistvuyushchii Opticheskii Zatvor Dlya Formirovaniya Impulsa Izlucheniya Opticheskogo Kvantovogo Generatora)

Abstract

The paper reports on studies on the spatial uniformity and time characteristics of the Kerr cell. It analyzes the optimal construction and electrical parameters of a Kerr cell designed to form light pulses with minimal rise time. The analysis shows it is possible to build a shutter giving a series of light pulses of approximately 10 to the - 11th power sec duration. A Kerr cell with which a light monopulse of 0.4-nsec duration can be obtained is described. Ruby laser light of such duration was used in a design for seven- frame shadow photography of high-speed processes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1969
Accession Number
AD0696907

Entities

People

  • A. S. Shikanov
  • G. V. Sklizkov
  • S. I. Fedotov
  • V. A. Gribkov

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Cameras
  • Capacitance
  • Dielectrics
  • High Speed Photography
  • High Voltage
  • Kerr Cells
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Light Pulses
  • Light Sources
  • Optical Properties
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Ruby Lasers
  • Shock Waves
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Information Retrieval
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy