Optimized four-channel Nd:glass laser system for compression experiments

S. DENUS; A. DUBIK; B. KACZMARCZYK; J. MAKOWSKI; J. MARCZAK; J. OWSIK; Z. PATRON; M. SZCZUREK

doi:10.1364/CLEO.1985.THM11

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1985),
paper THM11
•https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO.1985.THM11

Optimized four-channel Nd:glass laser system for compression experiments

S. DENUS, A. DUBIK, B. KACZMARCZYK, J. MAKOWSKI, J. MARCZAK, J. OWSIK, Z. PATRON, and M. SZCZUREK

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1985

Baltimore, Maryland United States
21–24 May 1985
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S. DENUS, A. DUBIK, B. KACZMARCZYK, J. MAKOWSKI, J. MARCZAK, J. OWSIK, Z. PATRON, and M. SZCZUREK, "Optimized four-channel Nd:glass laser system for compression experiments," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, A. Gara, C. Giuliano, D. Auston, and R. Jacobs, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1985), paper THM11.

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Abstract

The laser system built at the Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics & Laser Microfusion is a four-bearn Nd:glass laser used for the study of spherical compression of glass microballoons. The laser is capable of generating 160-J pulses of 0.2-TW peak power. This paper presents an overview of the system. A short laser pulse is cut out from the Q-switched Nd:YAG laser by an optically triggered spark-gap switch. Typical duration and energy of the short pulse are 1-1.5 nsec and 2 mJ, respectively. A contrast ratio of 10⁷ is obtained by stimulated Brillouin scattering.

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