An outcoupler having a wavelength selective, angle sensitive element or
Bragg grating and an arrangement for maintaining the element in a
predetermined orientation relative to an incident beam of electromagnetic
energy. The Bragg grating may be reflective or transmissive. The
inventive outcoupler may be used to implement a phase conjugate master
oscillator power amplifier with an oscillator; a resonator in operational
alignment with the oscillator; and an outcoupler in alignment with the
oscillator. In the best mode, second and third Bragg gratings are
included within the oscillator and the resonator, respectively.