发明名称 |
CONTROLLING EMISSION OF AN OPTICAL PULSE FROM A LASER |
摘要 |
A method for use in controlling emission of an optical pulse from a laser comprises pumping a gain medium (10) of a laser at a rate which is limited so that free-running passive Q-switching of the laser is prevented regardless of a duration of pumping of the gain medium. The method further comprises triggering a saturable absorber (12) of the laser so as to reduce a laser cavity loss below a laser cavity gain and cause an optical pulse to be emitted from the laser at a desired emission time. Such a method may provide for the reduction of pulse-to-pulse timing jitter, the control of energy of the emitted optical pulse and/or for the suppression of the emission of multiple optical pulses that may otherwise occur for free-running passive Q-switching of the laser for sufficient gain medium pumping rates. |
申请公布号 |
EP3101742(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.12.07 |
申请号 |
EP20160172729 |
申请日期 |
2016.06.02 |
申请人 |
Thales Holdings UK Plc |
发明人 |
LEE, Stephen;ALEXANDER, William;COOK, Trevor |
分类号 |
H01S3/106;H01S3/0941;H01S3/113;H01S3/16 |
主分类号 |
H01S3/106 |
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