Abstract
We describe the generation of high-power (#62;10MW) 1.6-ns single-longitudinal mode TEM 00 ruby laser pulses by passive Q-switching; these are believed to be the shortest ruby laser pulses yet produced by this method. The pulses were generated by Q-switching a lossy, short-cavity laer with a saturable absorber whose recovery time was shorter than the cavity round-trip time. We attribute the short pulsewidth to a clipping of the tail of the pulse due to recovery, during the pulse, of the saturable absorber.
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