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THE generation of high-peak power pulses of short duration from a ruby laser by the incorporation of a reversible bleachable absorber into the optical cavity has recently been reported1. This communication reports the observation of giant pulses at 1.06µ from a neodymium glass laser using the polymethine dye 3,3′-diethyl-9,11; 15,17-dineopentylene-thia-pentacarbocyanine iodide2 as the bleachable absorber.
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SOFFER, B., HOSKINS, R. Generation of Giant Pulses from a Neo-dymium Laser by a Reversibly Bleachable Absorber. Nature 204, 276 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204276a0
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