Title :
Rhodium-doped barium titanate nonlinear mirror for high beam quality pulsed Nd:YAG lasers
Author :
Brignon, Arnaud ; Huignard, Jean-Pierre
Author_Institution :
Central Res. Lab., Thomson-CSF, Orsay, France
fDate :
12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We review the recent results obtained with Rh:BaTiO3 as a phase conjugate mirror for a pulsed Nd:YAG laser operating in the near infrared (1.06 μm). The phase conjugate reflectivity, the response time, and the fidelity obtained using an internal loop self-pumped phase conjugate geometry are presented. High beam quality master-oscillator power amplifier Nd:YAG lasers with an Rh:BaTiO3 phase conjugate mirror are presented in both low-repetition rate flash-lamp pumped and high-repetition rate diode-pumped laser architectures. The performances of the Rh:BaTiO3 crystal are compared with those obtained with a conventional Brillouin mirror
Keywords :
barium compounds; laser mirrors; optical phase conjugation; reviews; rhodium; solid lasers; 1.06 mum; BaTiO3:Rh; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; conventional Brillouin mirror; fidelity; high beam quality master-oscillator power amplifier Nd:YAG lasers; high beam quality pulsed Nd:YAG lasers; high-repetition rate diode-pumped laser architecture; internal loop self-pumped phase conjugate geometry; low-repetition rate flash-lamp pumped laser architecture; near infrared; phase conjugate mirror; phase conjugate reflectivity; response time; rhodium-doped barium titanate nonlinear mirror; Barium; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Reflectivity; Titanium compounds;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
