High-power Nd:YALO multirod amplifier-system with near-diffraction-limited beam quality by SBS-mirror

Author

Eichler, Hans Joachim ; Haase, A. ; Mehl, O.

Author_Institution

Opt. Inst., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

446

Lastpage

447

Abstract

Summary form only given. In summary, the developed a master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system with two Nd:YAlO/sub 3/ laser amplifiers in a serial arrangement consisting of a small number of optical elements to guarantee high stability and reliability at an average output power of more than 200 Watt. To expand this system calculations for serial arrangements of four and six amplifiers were made and show the possibility to achieve an average output power of 1 kW. Theoretical beam propagation for a four-amplifier system is given.

Keywords

laser beams; laser mirrors; laser reliability; laser stability; laser theory; neodymium; solid lasers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; yttrium compounds; 1 kW; 200 W; MOPA; Nd:YAlO/sub 3/ laser amplifiers; SBS-mirror; YAlO/sub 3/:Nd; average output power; four-amplifier system; high stability; high-power Nd:YALO multirod amplifier-system; master oscillator power amplifier; near-diffraction-limited beam quality; optical elements; reliability; serial arrangement; system calculations; theoretical beam propagation; High power amplifiers; Laser beams; Laser stability; Optical amplifiers; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Power system reliability; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

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

864905