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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2010
Samvel Sarkisyan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Paul B. Lundquist, Vail, AZ (US);
Eric A. Wilson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Samvel Sarkisyan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Paul B. Lundquist, Vail, AZ (US);
Eric A. Wilson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Applied Energetics, Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
The various laser architectures described herein provide increased gain of optical energy as well as compensation of optical phase distortions in a thin disk gain medium. An optical amplifier presented herein provides for scalable high energy extraction and gains based on a number of passes of the signal beam through a gain medium. Multiple, spatially separate, optical paths may also be passed through the same gain region to provide gain clearing by splitting off a small percentage of an output pulse and sending it back through the amplifier along a slightly different path. By clearing out the residual gain, uniform signal amplitudes can be obtained.