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  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1989),
  • paper TUK3

Large aperture, transversely excited, thermally compensated electrooptic switch for high average power laser systems

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Abstract

One chief limitation on the flexibility of high average power lasers has been a lack of electrooptic switches capable of handling high average power optical loads. Commercially available Pockels cells are generally limited to an optical throughput of 10-50 W due to bulk absorption in the electrooptic medium. We developed an electrooptic switch which is capable of handling several kilowatts of optical throughput. This was achieved by developing a switch architecture which minimizes the effects of bulk absorption.

© 1989 Optical Society of America

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