ABSTRACT
In the frame straddling mode it is necessary to control the power in each laser pulse. As the pulses are not regularly spaced the first pulse willcontain an excessive amount of power whilst the second pulse, having less time for the laser to charge, will be relatively weak. Also, in single shot mode, care must be taken not to run the laser at full power at low repetition rates (less than 5kHz) as this may damage the second harmonic generator (SHG) crystal. The TimeResolve software from Dantec ensures that SHG crystal will not be damaged at any pulse rate.
