Development of diode-pumped solid-state laser HALNA for fusion reactor driver

被引:8
作者
Kawashima, T [1 ]
Kanabe, T
Matsumoto, O
Yasuhara, R
Furukawa, H
Miyamoto, M
Sekine, T
Kurita, T
Kan, H
Yamanaka, M
Nakatsuka, M
Izawa, Y
机构
[1] Osaka Univ, Osaka, Japan
[2] Hamamatsu Photon KK, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
关键词
laser diode; diode-pumped solid-state laser; zig-zag slab; laser fusion; reactor driver;
D O I
10.1002/eej.20288
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The diode-purnped slab laser for inertial fusion energy driver has been demonstrated, which produces the 1053-nm output energy of 10J at 10 Hz. The glass slab laser amplifier has been pumped by quasi-CW 290-kW AlGaAs laser-diode arrays at 803 nm. The optical system can compensate for thermal effects by use of zigzag optical propagation, image-relayed telescope, and 45 degrees Faraday rotator. The output energy of 10.6 J at 1 Hz with the optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 19.9% has been successfully obtained. Also, the 10-Hz operation has been performed with ail output energy of 5.1 J. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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页数:9
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