Multiple-pass amplifiers for high-power laser systems
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Laser and Particle Beams
- Vol. 5 (1), 115-124
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263034600002536
Abstract
Multiple-pass amplifiers were configured from Nd:glass rods using polarization and angular coupling techniques. Very high gain (>600) single beam triple-pass booster stages and high gain (30 or 15) single or double-beam double-pass amplifiers were combined to construct a very cost effective high-power (50 GW) pulsed laser system. These techniques were also effectively applied to smaller compact high repetition-rate systems.Keywords
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