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Optical Amplifier for Space Applications

Abstract

We describe an open multipass optical amplifier designed to amplify a sampled region of an optical wavefront to kilowatt average power with low optical phase distortion. The overall goal is to amplify optical fields in a segmented, but phase coherent manner, so as to achieve high average power optical fields with high quality phase coherence over the large apertures needed for transmission of space solar power.

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Fork, Richard L., Cole, Spencer T., Diffey, William M., Gamble, Lisa J.. 1999-01-01. Optical Amplifier for Space Applications. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20000010460

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