Multi-Terawatt Femtosecond Cr-Lisaf Laser

    Authors

    P. A. Beaud; M. Richardson;E. J. Miesak

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

    Keywords

    CHIRPED-PULSE-AMPLIFICATION; TI-SAPPHIRE LASER; PUMPED CR-LISRALF6; LASER; SOLID-STATE LASERS; REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL PULSES; GLASS-LASER; GENERATION; COMPRESSION; PERFORMANCE; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

    Abstract

    We discuss the design of a Cr:LiSAF laser system capable of generating ultrashort, 90-fs Fourier-transform limited pulses with a peak power of 8 TW. Using chirped pulse amplification and flashlamp-pumped Cr:LiSAF amplifiers this system incorporates a regenerative amplifier and three additional double-pass amplifiers with increasing aperture up to 25 mm. The temporal performance as well as the spatial beam quality are discussed in detail. We discuss extension of this system to the Petawatt power level

    Journal Title

    Ieee Journal of Quantum Electronics

    Volume

    31

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-1995

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    317

    Last Page

    325

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1995QG49900015

    ISSN

    0018-9197

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