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Applied Optics
|February 19, 2010
Abstract:
A liquid edge cladding system for parasitic suppression in large aperture, high gain disk laser amplifiers has been developed and tested. A near-saturated aqueous solution of Znl(2) was employed for index-matching. Adequate fluorescence absorption was demonstrated using either dissolved NiCl(2) or chrome black oxide coating applied to the disk holder. Application of liquid cladding to a 20-cm aperture disk laser amplifier increased energy storage capability by approximately 20% over conventional solder glass claddings.

