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Beam quality improvement in thermally birefringent Nd:YAG laser amplifiers by use of radially polarized beams

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Abstract

Good beam quality preservation was achieved in high-power rod based Nd:YAG amplifier-chains by use of radially polarized light. A 150W@M2=3 oscillator probe-beam was amplified by three amplifier stages to 620W with M2<5.

© 2004 Optical Society of America

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