62-dB-gain multiple-pass slab geometry Nd:YAG amplifier
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 11 (4), 216-218
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.11.000216
Abstract
We have achieved 62 dB of gain in a four-pass 4 mm × 4 mm × 10 cm flash-lamp-pumped Nd:YAG slab laser amplifier. The zigzag-slab geometry permits the overlap of several beams in a small gain volume and thus provides efficient high-gain unsaturated amplification.Keywords
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