Nd-Glass laser with plasma mirror |
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Authors: | P H?íbek M Vrbová |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University, 115 19 B ehová 7, Praha 1, Czechoslovakia |
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Abstract: | A high power pulse Nd-glass laser system with plasma mirror is studied. Plasma is created on the surface of a solid target and the action is superradiantly triggered. Long trains of modelocked pulses are generated if the carbon or metal targets are used and Q-switched pulses are observed with dielectric targets like PVC. Tens of joules of light energy are extracted from the laser medium and absorbed by plasma in both regimes. Spatial and temporal structures of the laser beam are very reproducible, the laser action is insensitive to variations in air pressure inside the target chamber. Stimulated Brillouin back-scattering in the underdense plasma is discussed as the nonlinear mechanism governing the plasma reflectivity. |
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