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Scaling laws for ordinary and sandwich slab-laser devices

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Abstract

Total internal reflection laser devices and active-mirror amplifiers, both slab lasers, have recently generated much interest since systems constructed using such lasers may be operated into the kilowatt average optical power regime and beyond.1,2 It is important to note, however, that the scaling of present device performance (typically a few tens of watts) to higher average powers must proceed carefully. Amplified spontaneous emission, for example, has been identified as a major limiting factor in slab-laser performance3 following earlier similar results obtained with active-mirror amplifiers.4

© 1984 Optical Society of America

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