Ultrahigh-peak and high-average power chirped-pulse amplification of sub-20-fs pulses with Ti:sapphire amplifiers

Author

Yamakawa, Koichi ; Aoyama, Makoto ; Matsuoka, Shinichi ; Takuma, Hiroshi ; Fittinghoff, David N. ; Barty, Christopher P J

Author_Institution

Adv. Photon Res. Center, JAERI, Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

4

Issue

2

fYear

1998

Firstpage

385

Lastpage

394

Abstract

We present the design and performance of an efficient, ultrashort-duration, ultrahigh-peak power Ti:sapphire amplifier system that has produced 16-fs pulses with a peak power of 10 TW at a 10-Hz repetition rate. We also describe present developmental efforts to extend this system to the 100-TW level at an average power of 20 W and finally outline the design of a future system capable of producing petawatt pulses with 20-fs durations

Keywords

chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical design techniques; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 10 Hz; 10 TW; 20 W; 20 fs; Al₂O₃:Ti; Hz repetition rate; TW level; Ti:sapphire laser amplifiers; average power; fs pulse; high-average power chirped-pulse amplification; peak power; petawatt pulses; ultrahigh-peak power; ultrahigh-peak power chirped-pulse amplification; ultrashort-duration; Chirp; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2944.686746

Filename

686746