The development of plasma shutter pulse-shaping technique for TEA CO2 laser

The pulse-shaping technique for TEA CO2 laser is one of the most important techniques to study high power and high repetition rate tunable TEA CO2 laser and its frequency conversion.The plasma shutter is a simple and practical pulse-shaping technique.The development of the plasma shutter theory and technique has been analyzed and reviesed.Finally it makes a conclusion that the plasma shutter has wide application prospect.