Commissioning the Astra Gemini petawatt Ti:sapphire laser system

Author

Hooker, C.J. ; Blake, S. ; Chekhlov, O. ; Clarke, R.J. ; Collier, J.L. ; Divall, E.J. ; Ertel, K. ; Foster, P.S. ; Hawkes, S.J. ; Holligan, P. ; Landowski, B. ; Lester, W.J. ; Neely, D. ; Parry, B. ; Pattathil, R. ; Streeter, M. ; Wyborn, B.E.

Author_Institution

STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab., Central Laser Facility, Didcot

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Astra Gemini is a dual-beam petawatt Ti:sapphire laser at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the U.K. We report measurements characterising the laser beam quality, pulse energy, and pulse duration of the first beam line.

Keywords

laser beams; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al₂O₃:Ti; Astra Gemini; Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; dual-beam laser; laser beam quality; petawatt laser system; pulse duration; pulse energy; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Stimulated emission; Structural beams; (140.3280) Laser amplifiers; (140.3295) Laser beam characterisation; (140.3538) Lasers, pulsed; (140.3590) Lasers, titanium; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572356