100 kW coherently combined slab MOPAs

Author

McNaught, Stuart J. ; Komine, Hiroshi ; Weiss, S. Benjamin ; Simpson, Randy ; Johnson, Adam M F ; Machan, Jason ; Asman, Charles P. ; Weber, Mark ; Jones, Gina C. ; Valley, Marcy M. ; Jankevics, Andrew ; Burchman, David ; McClellan, Michael ; Sollee, Jeff

Author_Institution

Northrop Grumman Space Technol., Redondo Beach, CA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We are developing a 100-kW Nd:YAG cw solid-state laser system. Seven wavefront-corrected 15-kW MOPA (master oscillator power amplifier) laser chains are phase locked to achieve a single aperture output beam with good beam quality.

Keywords

laser beams; laser mode locking; neodymium; oscillators; power amplifiers; solid lasers; YAG:Nd; coherently combined slab MOPA; laser beam quality; master oscillator power amplifier; phase locking; power 100 kW; power 15 kW; solid-state laser system; wavefront-corrected MOPA; Acoustic beams; Adaptive optics; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Optical amplifiers; Phase modulation; Power lasers; Power system reliability; Slabs; Solid lasers; (010.1080) Active or adaptive optics; (140.3280) Laser amplifiers; (140.3290) Laser arrays; (140.3530) Laser, neodymium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224571