Investigation on efficiency of non-collinear serial laser beam combination based on Brillouin amplification.

Autor: Wang, Y. L., Lu, Z. W., Wang, S. Y., Zheng, Z. X., He, W. M., Lin, D. Y.
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Zdroj: Laser & Particle Beams; Dec2009, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p651-655, 5p
Abstrakt: A non-collinear laser beam combination based on Brillouin amplification is proposed. The influence of non-collinear Brillouin amplification on the combination efficiency is analyzed and discussed theoretically. It is shown that an efficiency of 80% can be achieved with the angle between the Stokes and the pump limited to a range of 10o. The theoretical prediction is tested in experiment of non-collinear amplification of one Stokes and one pump. A two-beam combination scheme is designed and a high combination efficiency of 80% is also obtained in this experiment. According to these results, a 20-beam combination scheme is designed to achieve 13.2-J output energy. A very simple construction for a multiple beams combination is designed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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