Title :
Development of a novel large bandwidth front-end system for high peak power OPCPA systems
Author :
Chekhlov, O. ; Collier, J. ; Gomez, C. Hernandez ; Lyachev, A. ; Matousek, P. ; Musgrave, I.O. ; Ross, I. ; Tang, Y.
Author_Institution :
Central Laser Facility, Sci. & Technol. Facilities Council, Didcot, UK
Abstract :
In this paper we describe the development of a novel front-end capable of generating pulses with >100nm bandwidth at 910nm, a pulse duration <30fs and energies at the joule level. This system has been developed as a seed source for the development of a 10PW facility for the Vulcan laser. The development is based on large scale OPCPA with the goal of producing pulses with focused intensities >1023 W/cm2 and will be achieved by delivering pulses with >300J in <30fs onto target.
Keywords :
optical pulse shaping; solid lasers; OPCPA systems; Vulcan laser; high peak power; large bandwidth front-end system; pulse duration; seed source; wavelength 910 nm; Bandwidth; Chirp; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Gratings; Laser excitation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196317
