Annotation
A comparative analysis is made of the efficiency of various methods for extracting energy from the active medium of a laser. The optimal characteristics of linear and multiple-pass cavities and amplifying systems are determined; the distributed energy loss and absorption at the mirrors are taken into account. Multiple-pass traveling-wave amplifiers permit an adequate energy extraction, approaching the extraction in the laser cavity, even in the case of active media with a small linear gain.
© 2016 Publisher M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University
Authors
G.V. Abrosimov, V.A. Korolev, P.V. Korolenko, A.I. Odintsov, N.E. Sarkarov, and V.F. Sharkov
Department of Optics
Department of Optics