A reflecting Pockels cell with aperture scalable for high average power multipass amplifier systems

doi:10.1364/OE.18.00A185

A reflecting Pockels cell with aperture scalable for high average power multipass amplifier systems

Jun Zhang, Xiongjun Zhang, Dengsheng Wu, Xiaolin Tian, Mingzhong Li, and Feng Jing »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue S2, pp. A185-A191 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.00A185

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In high average power multi-pass amplifier systems, Pockels cell, used for isolating and controlling number of passes, encounters both limitation of aperture and thermo-effects. We propose and demonstrate for the first time, as far as we know, a reflecting Pockels cell (RPC) which is longitudinally excited based on KD*P utilizing matched a discharge chamber and a copper plate as electrodes. In the RPC, electro-optic crystal can be longitudinally conduction-cooled. This device, with a 40mm × 40mm clear aperture, can be scaled to larger, and driven by one low voltage pulse. Excellent switching efficiency, high static extinction ratio, and negligible thermo-effects have been achieved.

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(230.0230) Optical devices : Optical devices
(230.2090) Optical devices : Electro-optical devices

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Nuclear Fusion

History
Original Manuscript: March 22, 2010
Revised Manuscript: May 13, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: May 16, 2010
Published: June 1, 2010

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Jun Zhang, Xiongjun Zhang, Dengsheng Wu, Xiaolin Tian, Mingzhong Li, and Feng Jing, "A reflecting Pockels cell with aperture scalable for high average power multipass amplifier systems," Opt. Express 18, A185-A191 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-S2-A185

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