• DocumentCode
    197322
  • Title

    Contrast enhancements to petawatt lasers using picosecond optical parametric amplification and frequency doubling

  • Author

    Hillier, David ; Danson, Colin ; Egan, David ; Elsmere, Stephen ; Girling, Mark ; Harvey, Ewan ; Hopps, Nicholas ; Norman, Michael ; Parker, Stefan ; Treadwell, Paul ; Winter, David ; Bett, Thomas

  • Author_Institution
    Atomic Weapons Establ., Reading, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Nanosecond contrast of the Orion CPA beamlines is enhanced from 10-8 to 10-10 by inserting a picosecond OPA prior to the stretcher. In conjunction with frequency doubling post-compression this will enhance the contrast to ~10-18.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical harmonic generation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse compression; solid lasers; OPA; Offner triplet stretcher; Orion CPA beamlines; chirped pulse amplification; contrast enhancemnets; frequency doubling; petawatt lasers; picosecond optical parametric amplification; pulse compression; Laser beams; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989998
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=197322