Author:
Batysta František,Sistrunk Emily,Vella Anthony,Erdman Emily,Novák Jakub,Torrance Mike,Mambourg Joseph,Scerbak David,Byrne Conor,Rus Bedřich,Spinka Thomas M.
Abstract
We demonstrate a large-aperture gas-cooled Faraday rotator designed to mitigate stress-induced depolarization in high-energy, high-power laser systems. Compensating for a surrogate depolarization plate at 3.3 kW, the rotator reduces the relative depolarized energy from 36% to 1%.