• DocumentCode
    1665971
  • Title

    High repetition rate PetaWatt level Titanium Sapphire laser system for laser wakefield acceleration

  • Author

    Lureau, F. ; Laux, S. ; Casagrande, O. ; Radier, C. ; Chalus, O. ; Caradec, F. ; Simon-Boisson, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Thales Optronique S.A., Elancourt, France
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We describe design and performance of a PetaWatt laser based on Titanium Sapphire and working at an unprecedented repetition rate of 1 Hz. Preliminary results indicate an energy of 22 J before the final amplifier.
  • Keywords
    optical design techniques; optical pulse generation; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; wakefield accelerators; Al2O3:Ti; energy 22 J; frequency 1 Hz; high repetition rate laser; laser wakefield acceleration; petawatt level titanium sapphire laser system; ultrahigh intensity laser pulses; Crystals; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Pump lasers; Titanium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326112