title: Nd:YAG master-oscillator power amplifier with a rhodium-doped BaTiO(3) self-pumped phase-conjugate mirror.
abstract: We investigate Nd:YAG master-oscillator power amplifier arrangements with an infrared-sensitive rhodium-doped BaTiO(3) photorefractive phase-conjugate mirror. In these setups the phase-conjugate mirror is simple to implement, compact, passive, and completely self-contained. We demonstrate a reasonable extraction efficiency (~50%), response times in the range of several minutes with our experimental conditions and an excellent ability of the phase-conjugate mirror to compensate for severe phase aberrations.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brignon
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Huignard
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Garrett
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mnushkina