Suppression of parasitics and pencil beams in the high-gain national ignition facility multi-pass preamplifier

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3264, Issue , 1998, Pages 56-64

  Moran, Bryan D ^a   Dane, C Brent ^a   Crane, John ^a   Martinez, Mikael ^a   Penko, Frank ^a   Hackel, Lloyd ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplifier; High gain; MOPA; ND:glass; NIF; Parasitics; Pencil beams

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; TELESCOPES;

MULTI-PASS AMPLIFIERS (MPA); PENCIL BEAMS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032226008     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.311919     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Conceptual design of the national ignition facility
2. Ultra-stable, diode-pumped Nd-doped glass regenerative amplifier for the National Ignition Facility
3. Parasitic pencil beams caused by lens reflections in laser amplifier chains
4. Recent results of the National Ignition Facility Beamlet demonstration project