Title :
All-solid-state, diode-pumped regenerative amplifier for the OMEGA laser system
Author :
Okishev, A.V. ; Battaglia, D. ; Begishev, I. ; Zuegel, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Laser Energetics, Rochester Univ., NY, USA
Abstract :
Summary from only given. We have proposed and have built a prototype of a new all-solid-state, diode-pumped, cavity-dumped compact Nd:LiYF/sub 4/ regenerative laser amplifier with a gain of 10/sup 9/ for the OMEGA front-end laser system, which reduces system complexity and gross gain. Here we present details of regenerative design and results of extensive prototype testing.
Keywords :
fluctuations; laser cavity resonators; lithium compounds; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; LiYF/sub 4/:Nd; Nd:LiYF/sub 4/ regenerative laser amplifier; OMEGA laser system; all-solid-state diode-pumped laser; cavity-dumped; diode-pumped regenerative amplifier; gross gain; output pulse energy fluctuations; prototype testing; system complexity; Adaptive optics; Diodes; Laser beams; Laser modes; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Smoothing methods;
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.2002.1034091
