All the basic elements of a 300 J/1 ns Nd: glass laser with high-efficiency (70%) frequency
conversion are described in detail. These include a seed laser, a system sha** the spatial …

A five-stage neodymium phosphate glass amplifier producing 1–1.5-ns radiation pulses of
energy up to 110 J is described. The use of a multistage spatial filter based on an aperture …

Abstract A Nd: YLF/Nd: glass laser facility with chirped-pulse amplification capable of
generating pulses with a duration of 1.5 ps and a power up to 30 TW at the wavelength of …

The construction of 1 TW Nd: glass laser system with pulse compression is described. The
laser system consists of master oscillator with self-mode locking and negative feed-back …

Experiments were performed on the 100-J class Optical Sciences Laser at LLNL to
characterize the saturation fluence and small-signal gain of a solid-state Nd: glass amplifier …

An analysis is made of the transition from an amplification diagram to the saturation energy
density relating directly to each amplifier cross section. On the basis of a comparison …

Results are reported of investigations of the properties of inversion-dum** dynamics in the
10.6-μm working transition of the active medium of a neodymium laser amplifying …

An experimental investigation was made of the energy conversion efficiency and of the
effects of stimulated Brillouin scattering and of optical breakdown, limiting the maximum …

An experimental investigation was made of the depolarization and gain saturation in rod
amplifiers utilizing phosphate (OPS1110) and silicate (GLS6) neodymium glass active …

“The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on
the mysterious and there is no rational explanation for it. It is not at all natural that” laws of …