High-energy, high-average-power laser with Nd:YLF rods corrected by magnetorheological finishing

被引：50

作者：

Bagnoud, V

Guardalben, MJ

Puth, J

Zuegel, JD

Mooney, T

Dumas, P

机构：

[1] Univ Rochester, Laser Energet Lab, Rochester, NY 14623 USA

[2] QED Technol, Rochester, NY 14607 USA

来源：

APPLIED OPTICS | 2005年 / 44卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1364/AO.44.000282

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

A high-energy, high-average-power laser system, optimized to efficiently pump a high-performance optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier at 527 nm, has been demonstrated. The crystal large-aperture ring amplifier employs two flash-lamp-pumped, 25.4-mm-diameter Nd:YLF rods. The transmitted wave front of these rods is corrected by magnetorheological finishing to achieve nearly diffraction-limited. output performance with frequency-doubled pulse energies up to 1.8 J at 5 Hz. (C) 2005 Optical Society of America.

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页码：282 / 288

页数：7

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