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Liquid-cooled ceramic Nd:YAG split-disk amplifier for high-average-power laser

Authors :
Hajime Okada
Hisanori Fujita
Masahiro Nakatsuka
Hidetsugu Yoshida
Source :
Optics Communications. 266:274-279
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2006.

Abstract

A liquid-cooled ceramic Nd:YAG split-disk laser amplifier has been designed for a high-average-power laser system. The maximum average output power of 17.1 W (1.71 J at 10 Hz) and the beam size of far-field pattern with 1.5 times diffraction limit was obtained. The combination of liquid cooling for disk laser material and wavefront compensation with a phase conjugation mirror was demonstrated. The wavefront degradation by liquid cooling was observed and measured with Michelson interferometer and far-field patterns.

Details

ISSN :
00304018
Volume :
266
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Optics Communications
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........2e533011d7fdb346c428b8763ec9ab29
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2006.04.076