Fig. 1. Status and trends for the development of high-power, high-energy lasers^[2]

Fig. 2. Figures of merit for common solid state laser gain media^[26]

Fig. 3. Pump efficiency versus relative pump duration within high-power laser gain media

Fig. 4. Simulated extraction efficiency versus input fluence of pulse laser amplification system under different gain-loss ratio

Fig. 5. Schematic of the typical beamline for high-power solid laser^[26]

Fig. 6. Beam quality management of high-power solid laser facilities

Fig. 7. Key points of beam quality management for high-power solid laser facilities^[37]

Fig. 8. Spatial spectral distribution of the far-field intensity for high-power solid laser facilities^[38-40]

Fig. 9. Spatial spectral curve of beam near field distribution for high-power solid laser facilities^[39-41]

Fig. 10. Wavefront index design of optical elements for high-power solid laser facilities^[43]

Fig. 11. Typical temporal structure of the ultraintense ultrashort laser produced via CPA or OPCPA^[47]

Fig. 12. Comprehensive analysis of thermal management for high-energy laser system

Fig. 13. Schematic of the formation of nonlinear hot images in high-power lasers^[91]

Fig. 14. Damage of nodular defects in dielectric multi-layer coatings^[103]. (a) Approach to study the damage of nodular defects by single factor experiment; (b) physical mechanism of the electric field intensity enhancement in nodules; (c) new structure of thin film for suppressing electric field enhancement

Fig. 15. Overall implementation strategy for the above-threshold operation of ultraviolet optical elements in high-power laser facility with several megajoules

Table 1. Comparison of energy storage efficiency for flashlamp and LD pumping^[27] unit: %

Table 2. Cooling technique and corresponding thermal load capability of high-energy lasers^[71]