A spatially-fed high-power amplifier comprises one or more shaped
reflectors to reflect an initial wavefront, and an active array amplifier
to amplify the reflected wavefront to generate a high-power planar
wavefront. The shaped reflectors provide the reflected wavefront with
substantially uniform amplitude when incident on the active array
amplifier. The initial wavefront may be a substantially spherical
wavefront, and the shaped reflectors may compensate for any amplitude
taper of the initial wavefront to provide the reflected wavefront with
substantially uniform amplitude components for incident on the active
array amplifier. In some embodiments, the shaped reflectors may also
contour the illumination to fit the shape of the active array amplifier
to help minimize spillover.