Pre-impulse pump light regulation of a lamp-pumped laser

摘要

The electrical power of a flash lamp (5) is increased to at least a laser threshold power to trigger a laser pulse within a laser resonator (6). The optical pumping power of the flash lamp is detected. The electric power of the flash lamp is increased in a controlled fashion based on the detected optical pumping power and based on a predetermined rise characteristic of the optical pumping power. An independent claim is included for a lamp-pumped laser.