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A nonlinear mirror is used to provide a passive negative feedback in an actively mode-locked pulsed Nd:YAG laser. Trains of 250 ps pulses with a total length of up to 50 microseconds were generated. The train duration is limited only by the flashlamp pump pulse length.
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On leave from Department of Physics, University of Sofia, BG-1126 Sofia, Bulgaria