Title :
Third-harmonic generation studies with coherent and fiber-smoothed pulses for megajoule class lasers
Author :
Boscheron, A.C.L. ; Feral, C. ; Mathieu, F. ; Azra, M. ; Laurent, Monique ; Paye, J. ; Bruneau, J.-L.
Author_Institution :
Centre d´Etudes de Limeil-Valenton, Commissariat a l´Energie Atomique, Villeneuve St. Georges, France
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In this paper, we present results we have obtained on our new experimental setup dedicated to harmonic generation study at high fluences on large aperture beam. The experiments are conducted on the backlighter beamline of Phebus, which typically delivers up to 1250 J at 1053 nm on a 19-cm-diameter beam in a 1.3-ns square pulse to reach a 3.5 GW/cm/sup 2/ intensity at the input of the KDP crystals.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; potassium compounds; 1.3 ns; 1053 nm; 1250 J; 19 cm; KDP; KDP crystals; KH2PO4; Phebus; backlighter beamline; cm-diameter beam; fiber-smoothed pulses; harmonic generation study; high fluences; large aperture beam; megajoule class lasers; ns square pulse; third-harmonic generation studies; Apertures; Atom lasers; Crystals; Fiber lasers; Frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Optimized production technology; Oscillators; Quantum dot lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
