Title :
Design of the Texas petawatt laser
Author :
Gaul, E.W. ; Ditmire, T. ; Martinez, M.D. ; Douglas, S. ; Gorski, D. ; Hays, G.R. ; Henderson, W. ; Erlandson, A. ; Caird, J. ; Ebbers, C. ; Iovanovic, I. ; Molander, W.
Author_Institution :
Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We report on the design of a novel, high energy (200 J), short pulse (150 fs) laser that is based on hybrid, broadband optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) and mixed silicate and phosphate Nd:glass amplification.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; neodymium; optical glass; phosphorus compounds; silicon compounds; solid lasers; 150 fs; 200 J; Nd:glass amplification; broadband optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; mixed silicate; petawatt laser design; phosphate; short pulse laser; Bandwidth; Gratings; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical design; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549364
