A simple self-triggered plasma shutter

H. S. Kwok; Eli Yablonovitch

doi:10.1016/0030-4018(77)90275-9

A simple self-triggered plasma shutter

H. S. Kwok^*, Eli Yablonovitch

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A simple self-triggered plasma shutter for switching a high power laser beam was demonstrated. The triggering action comes from the surface plasma of a metal target. Several materials were tested and it was found that for copper, the amplitude fluctuation in the triggering was only 5%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	252-254
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4018(77)90275-9
Publication status	Published - May 1977
Externally published	Yes

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