• DocumentCode
    3000466
  • Title

    High order wavefront correction for high-energy Nd:YLF rod amplifier by phase conjugate plate

  • Author

    Sekine, Taku ; Matsuoka, Shingo ; Kawashima, T. ; Kan, Haibin ; Kawanaka, J. ; Tsubakimoto, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Hamamatsu Photonics K. K., Hamamatsu
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Wavefront correction until Zernike polynomial of degree three by a phase conjugate plate has been demonstrated in a high-energy Nd:YLF amplifier system. 108 amplification of 380 mj has been achieved with a near-diffraction-limited beam quality.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; neodymium; optical phase conjugation; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Nd:YLF rod amplifier; YLF:Nd; Zernike polynomial; high order wavefront correction; near-diffraction-limited beam quality; phase conjugate plate; Apertures; Delta modulation; Laser fusion; Laser noise; Optical amplifiers; Optical surface waves; Polynomials; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Spatial resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452339
  • Filename
    4452339