The results of experimental investigations of wide-aperture (100 × 100 mm) plasma-electrode Pockels are presented. Time characteristics, contrast, transmission factor, and optical uniformity of the cell are measured. It has been found that the half-wave effective voltage of the cell is 10 kV, the duration of the transmission window can vary from 250 to 550 ns, its leading and trailing edges are 40-50 and 70-100 ns in duration, respectively, and the time of the cell plasma electrode formation is 40 ± 5 ns.
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