`Fail-safe` system for suppressing stimulated Brillouin scattering in large optics on the Nova laser

Calvin E. Thompson; Donald F. Browning; Ernesto H. Padilla; Timothy L. Weiland; J. D. Wintemute

doi:10.1117/12.58100

1 April 1992 "Fail-safe" system for suppressing stimulated Brillouin scattering in large optics on the Nova laser

Calvin E. Thompson, Donald F. Browning, Ernesto H. Padilla, Timothy L. Weiland, J. D. Wintemute

Proceedings Volume 1626, Nonlinear Optics III; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58100
Event: OE/LASE '92, 1992, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

We have designed and are testing a `fail safe' system on Nova to suppress stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in large optics at the output of the laser. The system increases the laser bandwidth to prevent SBS and prevents pulses with insufficient bandwidth from being injected into the amplifier chain. It is thus fail safe. The system design and experimental measurements are presented.

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Calvin E. Thompson, Donald F. Browning, Ernesto H. Padilla, Timothy L. Weiland, and J. D. Wintemute ""Fail-safe" system for suppressing stimulated Brillouin scattering in large optics on the Nova laser", Proc. SPIE 1626, Nonlinear Optics III, (1 April 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58100

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