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Self-starting vector phase conjugate laser oscillator in inverted Nd:YAG

  • Kim, D.H. (Division of Electronics and Information Technology, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Udaiyan, D. (The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London,UK) ;
  • Green, R.P.M. (The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London,UK) ;
  • Crofts, G.J. (The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London,UK) ;
  • Damzen, M.J. (The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London,UK)
  • Received : 1997.02.18
  • Published : 1997.03.01
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Abstract

We report the operation of a self-adaptive vector phase conjugate laser (VPCL) oscillator which compensates intracavity polarization distortion and wavefront aberration simultaneously. The VPCL in Nd:YAG gain media produce an output with energy of 125mJ in a 20ns single-longitudinal-mode pulse at 10Hz, which is unaffected by intracavity polarization distortion.

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