Title :
Multiterawatt ultrashort laser pulses
Author :
Barty, C.P.J. ; Gordon, C.L., III ; Lemoff, B.E. ; Epp, P.T.
Author_Institution :
Edward L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
The spatial quality of the Ti:sapphire amplified laser pulses is improved with a spatially filtering regenerative amplifier. Because of the high peak power of the system, 5 TW, it is necessary to limit the atmospheric beam path after pulse compression. This is accomplished by enclosing the entire compression stage and all experiments in vacuum
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical pulse compression; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; vacuum techniques; 100 fs; 20 fs; 5 TW; Ti:sapphire amplified laser pulses; atmospheric beam path; high peak power; multiterawatt ultrashort laser pulses; pulse compression; spatial quality; spatially filtering regenerative amplifier; vacuum; Chirp; Frequency; Gratings; Optical distortion; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Phase distortion; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Telescopes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379446
