We report enhanced peak power and gain for pulses in the 10-100 /spl mu/sec range, with specific peak power to 240 kW m/sup -2/ of electrode area at frequencies to 4 kHz. Pulsed small signal gain is increased by a factor of 7 relative to cw/long pulse excitation.


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    Title :

    High gain and high peak power in planar waveguide lasers


    Contributors:
    Villarreal, F.J. (author) / Cao, Q. (author) / Ramirez, R.J. (author) / Baker, H.J. (author) / Hall, D.R. (author)


    Publication date :

    2001-01-01


    Size :

    173028 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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