A pulse-burst laser system for a high-repetition-rate Thomson scattering diagnostic

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Den Hartog, D J ^a   Jiang, N ^b   Lempert, W R ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; CAPACITORS; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; LASERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEODYMIUM; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PUMPING (LASER); SILICATES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRON DENSITIES; FLASH LAMPS; LASER SYSTEMS; MADISON SYMMETRIC TORUS; MASTER OSCILLATORS; ND: YAG; PULSE WIDTHS; REPETITION FREQUENCIES; SWITCHED PULSES; THOMSON SCATTERINGS; TRANSISTOR SWITCHING;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 55349090283     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2965733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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