OPTIMIZATION OF PHASE-CONJUGATING MIRRORS MADE OF NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS IN A 2-PASS LASER-AMPLIFIER

Authors
ANTIPOV OL KUZHELEV AS TURYGIN VV
Citation
Ol. Antipov et al., OPTIMIZATION OF PHASE-CONJUGATING MIRRORS MADE OF NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS IN A 2-PASS LASER-AMPLIFIER, Kvantovaa elektronika, 21(5), 1994, pp. 446-450
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Kvantovaa elektronika → ACNP
ISSN journal
03687147
Volume
21
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
446 - 450
Database
ISI
SICI code
0368-7147(1994)21:5<446:OOPMMO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A study was made of a two-pass laser amplifier with a phase-conjugatin g mirror operating on the basis of concurrent scattering of intersecti ng optical beams in a layer of a nematic liquid crystal on the mirror. The reflection coefficient of the mirror was optimised by the selecti on of the liquid-crystal cell temperature and of the absorption coeffi cient of the nematic mixture. A study was made of the compensation of the thermal aberrations in the amplifier rod during a return trip of t he phase-conjugated scattered beam through the amplifier.