Title :
A two-wavelength terawatt CO/sub 2/ laser system for the plasma heat wave accelerator
Author :
Tochitskt, S.Ya. ; Clayton, C.E. ; Marsh, K.A. ; Narang, R. ; Filip, C. ; Joshi, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We report on the design, construction and characterization of a compact CO/sub 2/ laser chain that is capable of producing two-wavelength 100 ps pulses with peak power of /spl sim/ 1 TW.
Keywords :
carbon compounds; gas lasers; optical pulse generation; plasma heating by laser; 1 TW; 100 ps; 100 ps pulses; CO/sub 2/; characterization; construction; design; laser chain; plasma heat wave accelerator; two-wavelength terawatt CO/sub 2/ laser system; Acceleration; Autocorrelation; Optimized production technology; Plasma accelerators; Plasma waves; Pulse measurements; Pulse shaping methods; Shape measurement; Solids; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.833899
