DESIGN AND OPERATION OF A 150-W NEAR DIFFRACTION-LIMITED LASER-AMPLIFIER WITH SBS WAVE-FRONT CORRECTION

被引：103
作者：
DANE, CB
ZAPATA, LE
NEUMAN, WA
NORTON, MA
HACKEL, LA
机构：
[1] Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore
来源：
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS | 1995年 / 31卷 / 01期
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D O I：
10.1109/3.341719
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 design and operation of a Nd:glass regenerative amplifier using a stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) phase conjugate mirror is presented. The system can be operated at 25-30 J per pulse with a pulse width of 14 ns and a pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of 6 Hz. This results in an average output power of > 150 W with a peak power of 2 GW. The experimentally measured divergence of the amplifier output is 1.25 x the diffraction limit and it can be frequency doubled with > 80% efficiency. The detailed considerations required for this specific amplifier design are discussed as well as how these considerations apply to the design of high average power, high beam quality laser systems in general.
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页码：148 / 163
页数：16
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