High-gain double-pass pulsed dye amplifiers for laser guide stars

Daniel Kapitan; H. Booth; Graham J. Murray; G. P. Hogan; Colin E. Webb

doi:10.1117/12.270175

4 April 1997 High-gain double-pass pulsed dye amplifiers for laser guide stars

Daniel Kapitan, H. Booth, Graham J. Murray, G. P. Hogan, Colin E. Webb

Proceedings Volume 3092, XI International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.270175
Event: XI International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High Power Laser Conference, 1996, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The design issues for a scaleable sodium laser guide star are discussed involving cw frequency lock of a dye laser using polarization spectroscopy, pulse multiplexing techniques and high power pulsed dye amplifiers. A numerical model and results from preliminary measurements on a double-pass dye amplifier are presented. The possible integration of an unsaturated, high gain pre-amplifier, and a saturated, low gain power amplifier into a single dye amplifier cell are investigated for pulsed amplification of a cw master oscillator.

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Daniel Kapitan, H. Booth, Graham J. Murray, G. P. Hogan, and Colin E. Webb "High-gain double-pass pulsed dye amplifiers for laser guide stars", Proc. SPIE 3092, XI International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference, (4 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.270175

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