Ultra-stable diode-pumped Nd-doped glass regenerative amplifier for the National Ignition Facility (NIF)

Author

Crane, J.K. ; Martinez, Manuel ; Beach, R.J. ; Mitchell, Sophia ; Pratt, Gill ; Christensen, J.J.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

324

Lastpage

325

Abstract

Summary form only given. In this paper we describe the current design and performance of a long-pulse regenerative laser amplifier for fusion reactor ignition that uses two, diode-array, end-pumped Nd-doped glass laser amplifiers to achieve the desired performance. The regenerative amplifier is a folded linear arrangement. The 4.5-m-long cavity has a 2-m lens and mode-limiting aperture positioned near the midpoint.

Keywords

fusion reactor ignition; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser stability; neodymium; optical pumping; plasma production by laser; solid lasers; 2 m; 4.5 m; National Ignition Facility; Nd-doped glass laser amplifiers; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; diode-array; end-pumped; folded linear arrangement; fusion reactor ignition; lens; long cavity; long-pulse regenerative laser amplifier; mode-limiting aperture; ultra-stable diode-pumped Nd-doped glass regenerative amplifier; Apertures; Diodes; Fusion reactor design; Fusion reactors; Glass; Ignition; Laser fusion; Laser modes; Lenses; Optical design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864741