Abstract

We have devised a method to produce intense light pulses whose intensity is temporally smooth but whose phase has rapid fluctuations with uniform distribution. This is achieved by using a single-mode frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser to pump a cavityless dye laser which produces chaotic light. The intensity fluctuations of this light are temporally smoothed by means of passing the pulse through a strongly saturated dye amplifier pumped by a single-mode Nd:YAG laser pulse.

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