Closely spaced mirror pair for reshaping and homogenizing pump beams in laser amplifiers

Conference · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10151268

Bass, I L

Channeling a laser beam by multiple reflections between two closely-spaced, parallel or nearly parallel mirrors, serves to reshape and homogenize the beam at the output gap between the mirrors. Application of this device to improve the spatial overlap of a copper laser pump beam with the signal beam in a dye laser amplifier is described. This technique has been applied to the AVLIS program at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 10151268
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-112517; CONF-930159-30; ON: DE93011948; TRN: TRN: 93:001076
• Resource Relation: Conference: OE/LASE `93: International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) conference,Los Angeles, CA (United States),13-23 Jan 1993; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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