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Beam Shaping and Suppression of Self-focusing in High-Peak-Power Nd:Glass Laser Systems

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Self-focusing: Past and Present

Part of the book series: Topics in Applied Physics ((TAP,volume 114))

Abstract

Laser-beam shaping and suppression of beam self-focusing in high-peak-power Nd:glass laser systems are discussed. The role of Fresnel diffraction at apertures at the laser facility as the source of dangerous spatial scales for small-scale self-focusing is illustrated. Methods of the formation of super-Gaussian laser beams for suppressing diffraction ripples on the beam profile and their self-focusing are presented. A brief outline of self-focusing as the primary nonlinear optical process limiting the brightness of Nd:glass laser installations is given. Methods for self-focusing suppression are presented.

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