A new versatile Nd:glass 200 J facility: ALISE; or from monochromatic and smoothed nanosecond pulses towards the ultra-intense femtosecond regime

Author

Blanchot, N. ; Le Goff, D. ; Le Goff, L. ; Manac´h, P. ; Mazataud, E. ; Nicolaizeau, M. ; Padois, M. ; Videau, L. ; Villate, D. ; Voisin, L.

Author_Institution

Centre d´Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques dAquitaine, Commissariat a l´Energie Atomique, Le Barp, France

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Abstract

Summary form only given. The ALISE facility is a new power chain constructed in the CEA-CESTA. We distinguish three main stages: the frontend, the power chain, and the experimental rooms (target chamber and laser experiments). The femtosecond pulses are Ti:sapphire technology stretched to 2 ns and amplified up to few mJ by a Ti:sapphire regenerative laser amplifier. The preamplifier module is a diode pumped Nd:glass regenerative amplifier.

Keywords

modules; neodymium; optical pulse shaping; optical pumping; solid lasers; 200 J; CEA-CESTA; Nd:glass 200 J laser facility ALISE; Ti:sapphire regenerative laser amplifier; Ti:sapphire technology; diode pumped Nd:glass regenerative amplifier; optical pulse stretching; power chain; preamplifier module; smoothed nanosecond pulses; target chamber; ultra-intense femtosecond regime; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Optical modulation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034089

Filename

1034089