Modeling the temporal-pulse-shape dynamics of an actively stabilized regenerative amplifier

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 286-291

  Skeldon, Mark D ^a,b,c,d,e   Babushkin, Andrei ^a,f,g   Bittle, Wade ^a,h,i   Okishev, Andrey V ^a,j,k,l   Seka, Wolf ^a,m,n  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONIC SENSORS DIRECTORATE   (United States)

^f MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^g PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^h UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

ⁱ RF Communications Division ^*  (United States)

^j ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^l Experimental Division

^m UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Author keywords

Pulse shaping; Rate equations; Regenerative amplifier

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM LASERS;

ACTIVELY STABILIZED REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIERS; TEMPORAL PULSE SHAPE DYNAMICS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0032002783     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.658714     Document Type: Article

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