Front end of the high-energy Nd:glass laser fusion system with shaped nanosecond laser pulses

Victor N. Chernov; Alexander V. Charukchev; Roman F. Kurunov; Vladimir A. Malinov; Nikolai V. Nikitin; Sergei L. Potapov; Vladimir G. Smirnov; Boris P. Yatsenko; Vladimir M. Efanov

doi:10.1117/12.425577

23 April 2001 Front end of the high-energy Nd:glass laser fusion system with shaped nanosecond laser pulses

Victor N. Chernov, Alexander V. Charukchev, Roman F. Kurunov, Vladimir A. Malinov, Nikolai V. Nikitin, Sergei L. Potapov, Vladimir G. Smirnov, Boris P. Yatsenko, Vladimir M. Efanov

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Proceedings Volume 4424, ECLIM 2000: 26th European Conference on Laser Interaction with Matter; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.425577
Event: 26th European Conference on Laser Interaction with Matter (ECLIM 2000), 2000, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

The design and performance of front end system for the upgrade six-channel Nd:glass laser facility PROGRESS are presented. The system consists of a single-mode Q-switch Nd:YLF master oscillator, pulse shaping system and preamplifier. The pulse shaping system comprises a LiTaO₃ electro optic deflector pair driven by high-voltage generators on drift step recovery diodes. The system produces the shaped laser pulses in 1-10 nanosecond duration range. In one-pass preamplifier including a sequence of Nd:glass rod amplifiers with output aperture of 30mm the shaped pulses are amplified up to 5 J energy level.

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Victor N. Chernov, Alexander V. Charukchev, Roman F. Kurunov, Vladimir A. Malinov, Nikolai V. Nikitin, Sergei L. Potapov, Vladimir G. Smirnov, Boris P. Yatsenko, and Vladimir M. Efanov "Front end of the high-energy Nd:glass laser fusion system with shaped nanosecond laser pulses", Proc. SPIE 4424, ECLIM 2000: 26th European Conference on Laser Interaction with Matter, (23 April 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.425577

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