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Broadband Pockels cell and driver for a Mark III-type free electron laser

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Becker, K; Johnson, JB; Edwards, G
Published in: Review of Scientific Instruments
December 1, 1994

A Pockels cell with an operating range of 2 to 10 μm has been designed, constructed, and tested for use with the Vanderbilt free electron laser. The Pockels cell can be continuously adjusted to switch out from 80 ns to the full 6 μs duration of the FEL macropulse. The extinction ratio is better than 180:1 and the optical pulse is square with rise and fall times under 10 ns. The high voltage drivers are based on semiconductor switches that are compact and mounted directly to the Pockels cell; this design avoids problems associated with fast, high voltage pulses traveling in cables. In addition, designs for two alternative drivers to generate optical pulses with durations ranging from a few nanoseconds down to the subnanosecond regime are presented here. Prototypes using single high voltage transitions have been constructed and tested electrically.

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Review of Scientific Instruments

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0034-6748

Publication Date

December 1, 1994

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65

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5

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1496 / 1501

Related Subject Headings

  • Applied Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 02 Physical Sciences
 

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Becker, K., Johnson, J. B., & Edwards, G. (1994). Broadband Pockels cell and driver for a Mark III-type free electron laser. Review of Scientific Instruments, 65(5), 1496–1501. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1144881
Becker, K., J. B. Johnson, and G. Edwards. “Broadband Pockels cell and driver for a Mark III-type free electron laser.” Review of Scientific Instruments 65, no. 5 (December 1, 1994): 1496–1501. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1144881.
Becker K, Johnson JB, Edwards G. Broadband Pockels cell and driver for a Mark III-type free electron laser. Review of Scientific Instruments. 1994 Dec 1;65(5):1496–501.
Becker, K., et al. “Broadband Pockels cell and driver for a Mark III-type free electron laser.” Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 65, no. 5, Dec. 1994, pp. 1496–501. Scopus, doi:10.1063/1.1144881.
Becker K, Johnson JB, Edwards G. Broadband Pockels cell and driver for a Mark III-type free electron laser. Review of Scientific Instruments. 1994 Dec 1;65(5):1496–1501.

Published In

Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI

ISSN

0034-6748

Publication Date

December 1, 1994

Volume

65

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1496 / 1501

Related Subject Headings

  • Applied Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 02 Physical Sciences