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A new technique is reported for exciting an XeCl* excimer laser to produce a sequence of high recurrence frequency output pulses. An electrical soliton array is generated within the pulsed power driving circuit using a discrete-component transmission line containing nonlinear ferroelectric capacitors. The method offers several advantages over alternative electrooptical means of laser output modulation.
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Fairlie, S.A. Modulation of the output of an XeCl* laser by the generation of electrical solitons. Opt Quant Electron 26, 373–378 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00304241
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