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Lasers

Efficient wide-aperture neodymium glass rod amplifiers

A. K. Potemkin, K. A. Zhurin, A. V. Kirsanov, E. A. Kopelovich, M. V. Kuznetsov, A. A. Kuzmin, F. A. Flat, E. A. Khazanov, A. A. Shaikin

Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod

Abstract: Amplifiers based on neodymium phosphate glass rods 60 — 100 mm in diameter are experimentally studied. The amplifiers are pumped by INP-16/250 tubular flash lamps placed in a universal pump cavity with a two-section mirror reflector. A compact high-voltage capacitive energy storage with a preionisation circuit was developed to supply the lamps.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Lh, 42.70.Hj

Received: 25.01.2011
Revised: 21.02.2011

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2011, 41:6, 487–491

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