10 J/spl times/10 Hz diode-pumped Nd:glass slab laser amplifier

Author

Kawashima, T. ; Kanabe, T. ; Kandasamy, R. ; Kuroda, T. ; Tamaoki, Y. ; Okada, Y. ; Nakatsuka, M. ; Izawa, Y. ; Nakai, S. ; Kanzaki, T. ; Matsui, K. ; Miyamoto, Masayuki ; Kan, H. ; Miyamoto, M. ; Kan, Haibin ; Hiruma, T.

Author_Institution

Central Res. Lab., Hamamatsu Photonics KK, Hamakita, Japan

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

52

Abstract

Summary form only given. Diode-pumped solid-state laser (DPSSL) is one of promising candidates as reactor driver for IFE. We have been developing a 10-J output class of diode-pumped water-cooled Nd:glass zig-zag slab laser amplifier module as a smallest-scale test-version of our conceptually designed 4-MJ DPSSL driver. We will show the experimental confirmation of our conceptual design through the investigation of 10-J/spl times/10-Hz module on the key issues such as small signal gain, energy extraction, stored energy, pumping efficiency, thermal effects, beam quality and heat flow in the system.

Keywords

neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 10 Hz; 10 J; DPSSL driver; IFE reactor; diode-pumped solid-state laser; diode-pumped water-cooled Nd:glass zig-zag slab laser amplifier module; Diodes; Driver circuits; Inductors; Laser excitation; Optical design; Pump lasers; Signal design; Slabs; Solid lasers; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.906715

Filename

906715