Title :
cw and high-repetition rate Nd:YAG laser with nonlinear cholesteric liquid crystal mirror
Author :
Lukishova, S.G. ; Lebedev, K.S. ; Magulariya, E.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radio Eng. & Electron., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In the present paper, we report for the first time in our knowledge about some restrictions of using cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) adaptive mirrors in high-repetition-rate short-pulse lasers because of the possibility of nonlinear bleaching of CLC mirrors. In cw operation CLC mirrors with lower misalignment sensitivity than conventional dielectric ones were successfully used by our group in Nd:YAG laser resonators.
Keywords :
adaptive optics; cholesteric liquid crystals; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; liquid crystal devices; neodymium; solid lasers; CLC adaptive mirror; CW laser; Nd:YAG laser resonator; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; cholesteric liquid crystal mirror; nonlinear bleaching; repetition rate; short-pulse laser; Dielectrics; Lamps; Laser beams; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Liquid crystals; Mirrors; Power generation; Power lasers; Reflectivity;
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
