Effect of amplifier gain, loss, and gain profile on system performance

C. Clay Widmayer; Alvin C. Erlandson; Charles D. Orth; Scott W. Haney; Richard A. Sacks; Mark A. Henesian; Janice K. Lawson; Mark D. Rotter; David Ralph Speck; John B. Trenholme; Bruno M. Van Wonterghem; Kenneth S. Jancaitis; Wade H. Williams

doi:10.1117/12.294340

8 December 1997 Effect of amplifier gain, loss, and gain profile on system performance

C. Clay Widmayer, Alvin C. Erlandson, Charles D. Orth, Scott W. Haney, Richard A. Sacks, Mark A. Henesian, Janice K. Lawson, Mark D. Rotter, David Ralph Speck, John B. Trenholme, Bruno M. Van Wonterghem, Kenneth S. Jancaitis, Wade H. Williams

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Proceedings Volume 3047, Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion: Second Annual International Conference; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.294340
Event: Second International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to ICF, 1996, Paris, France

Abstract

The effect of a change in the system parameters upon the one micron laser's power, energy and beam quality will be discussed. The parameters varied in the study were the optical losses, the gain and gain profile of the amplifiers. Additionally, the effect upon power, energy and beam quality as a function of slab count and position will be presented.

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C. Clay Widmayer, Alvin C. Erlandson, Charles D. Orth, Scott W. Haney, Richard A. Sacks, Mark A. Henesian, Janice K. Lawson, Mark D. Rotter, David Ralph Speck, John B. Trenholme, Bruno M. Van Wonterghem, Kenneth S. Jancaitis, and Wade H. Williams "Effect of amplifier gain, loss, and gain profile on system performance", Proc. SPIE 3047, Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion: Second Annual International Conference, (8 December 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.294340

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