DocumentCode
355007
Title
Gain saturation studies in phosphate amplifier glasses
Author
Pennington, D.M. ; Milam, D. ; Eimerl, D.
Author_Institution
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
fYear
1996
fDate
2-7 June 1996
Firstpage
325
Lastpage
326
Abstract
Summary form only given. Experiments were performed on the 100 J Optical Science Laser (OSL) at LLNL to characterize the saturation fluence and small-signal gain of a solid-state Nd:glass laser amplifier utilizing LG-750 and the proposed amplifier glass for the National Ignition Facility (NIF), LG-770.
Keywords
fusion reactor ignition; gain measurement; laser variables measurement; neodymium; optical saturation; phosphate glasses; plasma production by laser; solid lasers; 100 J; LLNL; NIF; National Ignition Facility; Optical Science Laser; amplifier glass; gain saturation studies; phosphate amplifier glasses; saturation fluence; small-signal gain; solid-state Nd:glass laser amplifier; Glass; Ignition; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Optical saturation; Performance gain; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits; Stimulated emission;
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
864743
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