Title :
Toward diffraction-limited high-average-power radially-polarized lasers
Author :
Moshe, Inon ; Jackel, Steven ; Lumer, Yaakov ; Machavariani, Galina ; Meir, Avi
Author_Institution :
Soreq NRC, Yavne
Abstract :
High-average-power solid-state lasers are important in many applications. In this work we present several methods to compensate for beam-quality degradation in rod based lasers, that can be combined to substantially enhance output beam-quality in a high-power master-oscillator-power-amplifier (MOPA) configuration.
Keywords :
adaptive optics; compensation; laser beams; light polarisation; optical pumping; solid lasers; beam-quality; beam-quality degradation compensation; diffraction-limited high-average-power radially-polarized lasers; high-average-power solid-state lasers; high-power master-oscillator-power-amplifier configuration; rod based lasers; wave-front correction plate; Degradation; Diffraction; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical materials; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Relays; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385828
