Nd:YAG laser with cavity formed by population inversion gratings

Oleg Leonidovich Antipov; Sergey Ivanovich Belyaev; Alexander Sergeevich Kuzhelev; Andrey Petrovich Zinoviev

doi:10.1117/12.308106

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13 May 1998 Nd:YAG laser with cavity formed by population inversion gratings

Oleg Leonidovich Antipov; Sergey Ivanovich Belyaev; Alexander Sergeevich Kuzhelev; Andrey Petrovich Zinoviev

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Proceedings Volume 3267, Laser Resonators; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308106
Event: Optoelectronics and High-Power Lasers and Applications, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

New principles of distributed feedback lasers with cavity formed by refractive index gratings induced in the laser crystal by generating beams themselves have been discussed. Different geometries of the cavity (linear, loop and multi- loop) with Nd:YAG crystal have been investigated experimentally. The oscillator with a nonlinear mirror has displayed self-adaptivity to strong intracavity distortions. Generation of single transverse mode beams with near- diffraction limited quality in millisecond pulse-repetitive regime with 12 W average power has been achieved in the oscillator with single Nd:YAG amplifier.

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Oleg Leonidovich Antipov, Sergey Ivanovich Belyaev, Alexander Sergeevich Kuzhelev, and Andrey Petrovich Zinoviev "Nd:YAG laser with cavity formed by population inversion gratings", Proc. SPIE 3267, Laser Resonators, (13 May 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308106

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