Introduction
The so-called "goose trigger" is a system where the laser is fed by two triggers that add up to a nominal trigger value (i.e. 9 Hz + 1 Hz = 10 Hz) but the laser to e-beam locking system is only fed by one of those triggers. This allows a user to have some laser pulses synchronized to the e-beam and some not synchronized, or even delayed, with respect to the e-beam. The idea is that you can remove backgrounds if you have laser on and off shots, where the off shots are delayed by ~1 ns so that the amplifiers stay warm.
How does the regen timing work? (Not goose triggered)
Normally the laser timing system compares the signal from the regen diode, converted to a time by the "Laser Interface Module", to a reference trigger from the EVG that provides laser timing. The difference between "Regen Time Out" to the "Reference Trigger" (Start and Stop in the Keysight box) tells the laser timing software where the laser is in time compared to a fixed point in the timing system.
How does the goose trigger work?
When using a "goose trigger" the laser (through the SDG) is fed a signal that is 10 Hz, but only a portion of that 10 Hz is used by the laser timing software. The "gate trigger" on the Keysight box tells the keysight box "start listening for a start and stop trigger". So in the diagram above the Keysight box is only updating at 9 Hz. The "bypass trigger" is a trigger that bypasses the laser timing system, so it can be changed to anything without disrupting the ability of the laser timing system to keep the laser and e-beam in sync.