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Solid state heat capacity disk laser

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

G.F. Albrecht ,
S.B. Sutton ,
E.V. George ,
W.R. Sooy  and
W.F. Krupke
G.F. Albrecht
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-290, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
S.B. Sutton
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-290, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
E.V. George
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-290, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
W.R. Sooy
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-290, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
W.F. Krupke
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-290, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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Abstract

This paper describes a solid state laser concept that scales to MW levels of burst power and MJ of burst energy and burst durations measured in seconds. During lasing action, waste heat is purposely stored in the heat capacity of the active medium. The paper outlines the principal scaling laws of key operational features and arrives at a conceptual design example of the laser head as well as a mobile laser system.

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Regular Papers
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , December 1998 , pp. 605 - 625
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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