IL78618A - Energy scalable laser amplifier - Google Patents

Energy scalable laser amplifier

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Publication number
IL78618A
IL78618A IL78618A IL7861886A IL78618A IL 78618 A IL78618 A IL 78618A IL 78618 A IL78618 A IL 78618A IL 7861886 A IL7861886 A IL 7861886A IL 78618 A IL78618 A IL 78618A
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Prior art keywords
laser amplifier
scalable laser
energy scalable
energy
amplifier
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IL78618A
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Hughes Aircraft Co
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/10—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
    • H01S3/10076—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating using optical phase conjugation, e.g. phase conjugate reflection
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/23—Arrangements of two or more lasers not provided for in groups H01S3/02 - H01S3/22, e.g. tandem arrangements of separate active media
    • H01S3/2383—Parallel arrangements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/23—Arrangements of two or more lasers not provided for in groups H01S3/02 - H01S3/22, e.g. tandem arrangements of separate active media
    • H01S3/2308—Amplifier arrangements, e.g. MOPA
    • H01S3/2316—Cascaded amplifiers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/23—Arrangements of two or more lasers not provided for in groups H01S3/02 - H01S3/22, e.g. tandem arrangements of separate active media
    • H01S3/2308—Amplifier arrangements, e.g. MOPA
    • H01S3/2325—Multi-pass amplifiers, e.g. regenerative amplifiers
    • H01S3/2333—Double-pass amplifiers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
  • Laser Surgery Devices (AREA)
IL78618A 1985-05-22 1986-04-27 Energy scalable laser amplifier IL78618A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US06/736,877 US4757268A (en) 1985-05-22 1985-05-22 Energy scalable laser amplifier

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IL78618A0 IL78618A0 (en) 1986-08-31
IL78618A true IL78618A (en) 1991-01-31

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US (1) US4757268A (fr)
EP (1) EP0222005B1 (fr)
JP (1) JPS62502228A (fr)
KR (1) KR910000689B1 (fr)
DE (1) DE3683445D1 (fr)
ES (1) ES8801479A1 (fr)
GR (1) GR861137B (fr)
IL (1) IL78618A (fr)
NO (1) NO171438C (fr)
TR (1) TR22575A (fr)
WO (1) WO1986007165A1 (fr)

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TR22575A (tr) 1987-11-24
JPS62502228A (ja) 1987-08-27
NO171438B (no) 1992-11-30
NO870259L (no) 1987-01-21
WO1986007165A1 (fr) 1986-12-04
KR910000689B1 (ko) 1991-01-31
JPH0511678B2 (fr) 1993-02-16
NO171438C (no) 1993-03-10
ES555167A0 (es) 1988-01-01
US4757268A (en) 1988-07-12
IL78618A0 (en) 1986-08-31
GR861137B (en) 1986-09-17
EP0222005A1 (fr) 1987-05-20
EP0222005B1 (fr) 1992-01-15
ES8801479A1 (es) 1988-01-01
KR880700301A (ko) 1988-02-22
DE3683445D1 (de) 1992-02-27

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