Author:
Baumhacker H.,Brederlow G.,Fill E.,Volk R.,Witkowski S.,Witte K.J.,Schrödter Ch.
Abstract
The single-beam Asterix IV high-power iodine laser, presently operated at a pulse length of 0.3 ns, has achieved its projected output power of 4 TW. It is designed to deliver output pulses with lengths ranging from 0.1–3 ns with a maximum power of 5 TW and an energy of up to 2 kJ. This laser has been developed on the basis of 10 years of experience with the 1 TW Asterix III laser and with the support of a 1-D and 3-D pulse propagation code. Special emphasis has been put on increasing the overall efficiency of the laser system and obtaining a laser beam intensity profile as homogeneous as possible. In this article, the measures for improving the laser performance and the results obtained hitherto are presented.
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Condensed Matter Physics,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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