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Title: Design modeling of the 100-J diode-pumped solid-state laser for Project Mercury

Conference ·
OSTI ID:298601

We present the energy, propagation, and thermal modeling for a diode-pumped solid-state laser called Mercury being designed and built at LLNL using Yb:S-FAP [i.e., Yb{sup 3+}-doped Sr{sub 5}(PO{sub 4}){sub 3}F crystals] for the gain medium. This laser is intended to produce 100 J pulses at 1 to 10 ns at 10 Hz with an electrical efficiency of {approximately}10%. Our modeling indicates that the laser will be able to meet its performance goals.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
298601
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC-127934; CONF-980117-; ON: DE98058766; BR: YN0100000
Resource Relation:
Conference: BIOS `98: an international symposium on biomedical optics, San Jose, CA (United States), 24-30 Jan 1998; Other Information: PBD: 23 Feb 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English