Q-switching - Q-switching (English spelling) Q-switching

Japanese: Qスイッチング - キュースイッチング(英語表記)Q‐switching
Q-switching - Q-switching (English spelling) Q-switching
The conditions for starting laser oscillation depend strongly on the performance of the optical resonator, i.e., the Q value, which indicates the sharpness of the resonance. If the Q value is kept small while the laser medium is excited, and the Q value is raised in a short time once the population inversion becomes large enough, the energy stored in the medium is released all at once. This method of producing high-output pulsed laser light is called Q switching, and in this case, it is necessary that the energy level that causes laser oscillation has a long lifetime.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
レーザー発振の開始条件は,光共振器の性能,すなわち共振の鋭さを表すQ値に強く依存する。レーザー媒質が励起を受けている間,Q値を小さく抑えておいて,反転分布が十分に大きくなったところで短時間内にQ値を高めると,媒質内に蓄えられたエネルギーが一度に放出される。このようにして出力の大きいパルス的なレーザー光を取り出す方法をQスイッチングといい,この場合,レーザー発振を起こすエネルギー準位の寿命が長いことが必要である。

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