Title :
Adaptive beam cleanup of a 1.3kW pulsed slab amplifier
Author :
Ping Yang ; Shuai Wang ; Lizhi Dong ; Wenjin Liu ; Mingwu Ao
Author_Institution :
Lab. on Adaptive Opt., Inst. of Opt. & Electron., Chengdu, China
Abstract :
We present closed-loop adaptive phase compensation of a 1.3 kW solid-state slab laser system. Experimental results demonstrated the beam quality is greatly improved with the proposed adaptive optics system.
Keywords :
adaptive optics; closed loop systems; laser beams; solid lasers; adaptive beam cleanup; adaptive beam quality; adaptive optic system; closed-loop adaptive phase compensation; power 1.3 kW; pulsed slab amplifier; solid-state slab laser system; Adaptive optics; Laser beams; Mirrors; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Slabs; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
