Temporal pulse-width control of a regenerative amplifier with intracavity etalons

The effects of intracavity etalons on the temporal mode structure of a regenerative amplifier have been studied both theoretically and experimentally. The analysis predicts the output temporal pulse shape given the input pulse shape, the laser-cavity parameters, the etalon parameters, and the number of round trips the injected pulse makes in the laser cavity. Experimental results agree well with the theory.© (1993) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.