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Performance of the Asterix IV iodine laser

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

H. Baumhacker ,
G. Brederlow ,
E. Fill ,
R. Volk ,
S. Witkowski ,
K.J. Witte  and
Ch. Schrödter
H. Baumhacker
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 8046 Garching, Germany
G. Brederlow
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 8046 Garching, Germany
E. Fill
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 8046 Garching, Germany
R. Volk
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 8046 Garching, Germany
S. Witkowski
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 8046 Garching, Germany
K.J. Witte
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 8046 Garching, Germany
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Abstract

The single-beam Asterix IV high-power iodine laser, presently operated at a pulse length of 0.3 ns, has achieved its projected output power of 4 TW. It is designed to deliver output pulses with lengths ranging from 0.1–3 ns with a maximum power of 5 TW and an energy of up to 2 kJ. This laser has been developed on the basis of 10 years of experience with the 1 TW Asterix III laser and with the support of a 1-D and 3-D pulse propagation code. Special emphasis has been put on increasing the overall efficiency of the laser system and obtaining a laser beam intensity profile as homogeneous as possible. In this article, the measures for improving the laser performance and the results obtained hitherto are presented.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 353 - 358
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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