Title :
Power-scaling continuous-wave adaptive laser resonators
Author :
Hillier, D.I. ; Hendricks, J.M. ; Barrington, S.J. ; Shepherd, David P. ; Eason, Robert W.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectronics Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
Summary from only given. Self-adaptive gain grating lasers have previously been demonstrated that can actively correct for thermally induced phase distortions. Here we discuss the power-scaling of such a resonator which operates at 6 W in its basic form. Our first attempts using a power amplifier in the output arm have lead to almost 12 W of single longitudinal mode output with a beam quality of M/sup 2/ = 1.3.
Keywords :
aberrations; adaptive optics; diffraction gratings; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; thermo-optical effects; 12 W; 6 W; beam quality; output arm; power amplifier; power-scaling; power-scaling continuous-wave adaptive laser resonators; single longitudinal mode output; thermally induced phase distortions correction; Diffraction; Gratings; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Phase distortion; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Resonator filters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033359
