Gain saturation studies in phosphate amplifier glasses

D. M. Pennington; D. Milam; D. Eirnerl

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1996),
paper CWO5

Gain saturation studies in phosphate amplifier glasses

D. M. Pennington, D. Milam, and D. Eirnerl

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1996

Anaheim, California United States
2–7 June 1996
ISBN: 1-55752-443-2

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D. M. Pennington, D. Milam, and D. Eirnerl, "Gain saturation studies in phosphate amplifier glasses," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, J. Bowers, D. Miller, D. Scifres, and A. Weiner, eds., Vol. 9 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1996), paper CWO5.

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Abstract

Experiments were performed on the 100-J Optical Science Laser (OSL) at LLNL to characterize the saturation fluence and small-signal gain of a solid-state Nd:glass amplifier utilizing LG-750 and the proposed amplifier glass for the National Ignition Facility (NIF), LG-770. These experiments provided the first measurements of the saturation fluence at NIF level fluences, i.e., 10-15 J/cm². These measurements will provide essential parameters for the amplifier performance codes used to design NIF and future high-power laser systems.

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