Phase conjugate laser optics /

Phase conjugate laser optics /

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Other Authors: Brignon, Arnaud., Huignard, J.-P. 1944-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, ©2004.
Subjects:
Lasers.
Electrooptics.
Optical phase conjugation.
Lasers
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: Foreword.
  • Contributors.
  • Preface.
  • Chapter 1. Overview of Phase Conjugation (Jean-Pierre Huignard and Arnaud Brignon).
  • 1.1 General Introduction.
  • 1.2 Phase Conjugation Through Four-Wave Mixing.
  • 1.3 The Nonlinear Materials.
  • 1.4 The Criteria for the Choice of Materials.
  • 1.5 Conclusion.
  • References.
  • Chapter 2. Principles of Phase Conjugating Brillouin Mirrors (Axel Heuer and Ralf Menzel).
  • 2.1 Introduction.
  • 2.2 Theoretical Description of the SBS Process.
  • 2.3 Realization of SBS Mirrors.
  • 2.4 Summary.
  • References.
  • Chapter 3. Laser Resonators with Brillouin Mirrors (Martin Ostermeyer and Ralf Menzel).
  • 3.1 Introduction.
  • 3.2 Survey of Different Resonator Concepts with Brillouin Mirrors (SBS-PCRs).
  • 3.3 Stability and Transverse Modes of Phase Conjugating Laser Resonators with Brillouin Mirror.
  • 3.4 Q-Switch via Stimulated Brillouin Scattering.
  • 3.5 Resonance Effects by Interaction of Start Resonator Modes with the SBS Sound Wave.
  • 3.6 Longitudinal Modes of the Linear SBS Laser.
  • 3.7 High Brightness Operation of the Linear-SBS Laser.
  • References.
  • Chapter 4. Multi-Kilohertz Pulsed Laser Systems with High Beam Quality by Phase Conjugation in Liquids and Fibers (Thomas Riesbeck, Enrico Risse, Oliver Mehl, and Hans J. Eichler).
  • 4.1 Introduction.
  • 4.2 Amplifier Ssetups.
  • 4.3 Active Laser Media Nd:YAG and Nd:YALO.
  • 4.4 Design Rules for MOPA Systems.
  • 4.5 Beam Quality Measurement.
  • 4.6 Characterization of Fiber Phase Conjugate Mirror.
  • 4.7 Flashlamp-pumped Nd:YALO MOPA Systems with Fiber Phase Conjugator.
  • 4.8 Actively Q-Switched Flashlamp-pumped Nd:YAG MOPA Systems with Fiber Phase Conjugator.
  • 4.9 Continously Pumped Nd:YAG MOPA Systems with Fiber Phase Conjugator.
  • 4.10 500-Watt Average Output Power MOPA System with CS2 as SBS Medium.
  • 4.11 Conclusion and Outlook.
  • References.
  • Chapter 5. High-Pulse-Energy Phase Conjugated Laser System (C. Brent Dane and Lloyd A. Hackel).
  • 5.1 Introduction.
  • 5.2 High-Energy SBS Phase Conjugation.
  • 5.3 A 25-J, 15-ns Amplifier Using a Liquid SBS Cell.
  • 5.4 A Long Pulse 500-ns, 30-J Laser System.
  • 5.5 A 100-J Laser System Using Four Phase-Locked Amplifiers.
  • 5.6 Summary and Conclusions.
  • References.
  • Chapter 6. Advanced Stimulated Brillouin Scattering for Phase Conjugate Mirror Using LAP, DLAP Crystals and Silica Glass (Hidetsugu Yoshida and Masahiro Nakatsuka).
  • 6.1 Introduction.
  • 6.2 Crystal Structure of LAP and DLAP.
  • 6.3 Basic Characteristics for Stimulated Brillouin Scattering.
  • 6.4 Application of Solid-State SBS Mirrors to High-Power Lasers.
  • 6.5 Conclusion.
  • References.
  • Chapter 7. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Pulse Compression and Its Application in Lasers (G.A. Pasmanik, E.I. Shklovsky, and A.A. Shilov).
  • 7.1 Introduction.
  • 7.2 Phenomenological Description of Brillouin Compression.
  • 7.3 Theoretical Analysis of Brillouin Pulse Compression.
  • 7.4 Numerical Simulation.
  • 7.5 Characterization of Materials Used for SBS Compressors.
  • 7.6 Experimental Study of Brillouin Pulse Compression.
  • 7.7 Application of SBS Pulse Compression to Diode-Pumped Solid-State Lasers with High Pulse Repetition Rate.
  • 7.8 Conclusion.
  • References.
  • Chapter 8. Principles and Optimization of BaTiO3:Rh Phase Conjugators and their Application to MOPA Lasers at 1.06 mm (Nicolas Huot, Gilles Pauliat, Jean-Michel Jonathan, Geþrald Roosen, Arnaud Brignon, and Jean-Pierre Huignard).
  • 8.1 Introduction.
  • 8.2 Overview of Material Properties.
  • 8.3 Self-Pumped Phase Conjugation.
  • 8.4 Dynamic Wavefront Correction of MOPA Laser Sources.
  • 8.5 Conclusion.
  • References.
  • Chapter 9. Spatial and Spectral Control of High-Power Diode Lasers Using Phase Conjugate Mirrors (Paul M. Petersen, Martin Lb̜el, and Sussie Juul Jensen).
  • 9.1 Introduction.
  • 9.2 Laser Diode Arrays with Phase Conjugate Feedback.
  • 9.3 Frequency-Selective Phase Conjugate Feedback with an Etalon in the External Cavity.
  • 9.4 Tunable Output of High-Power Diode Lasers Using a Grating in the External Cavity.
  • 9.5 Stability of the Output of Diode Lasers with External Phase Conjugate Feedback.
  • 9.6 Frequency Doubling of High-Power Laser Diode Arrays.
  • 9.7 Conclusions and Perspectives.
  • References.
  • Chapter 10. Self-Pumped Phase Conjugation by Joint Stimulated Scatterings in Nematic Liquid Crystals and Its Application for Self-Starting Lasers (Oleg Antipov).
  • 10.1 Introduction.
  • 10.2 Self-Pumped Phase Conjugation by Joint Stimulated Scattering.
  • 10.3 Self-Starting Lasers with a Nonlinear Mirror Based on Nematic Liquid Crystals.
  • 10.4 Conclusion.
  • References.
  • Chapter 11. Self-Adaptive Loop Resonators with Gain Gratings (Michael J. Damzen).
  • 11.1 Introduction.
  • 11.2 Theory of Multiwave Mixing in Gain Media.
  • 11.3 The Steady-State Regime.
  • 11.4 The Transient Regime.
  • 11.5 The General Time Regime.
  • 11.6 Self-Pumped Phase Conjugation.
  • 11.7 Double Phase Conjugation.
  • 11.8 Self-Starting Adaptive Gain-Grating Lasers.
  • 11.9 Self-Adaptive Loop Resonators Using a Thermal Grating Hologram.
  • 11.10 Experimental Characterization of a Thermal Grating.
  • 11.11 Experimental Operation of a Self-Adaptive Loop Resonator Using a Thermal Grating?Hologram?.
  • References.
  • Index.

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