DocumentCode
500762
Title
Activation of a 1.1 Petawatt hybrid, OPCPA-Nd:glass laser
Author
Gaul, Erhard ; Martinez, Mikael ; Blakeney, Joel ; Ringuette, Martin ; Hammond, Doug ; Jochmann, Axel ; Escamilla, Ramiro ; Borger, Teddy ; Dyer, Gilliss ; Ditmire, Todd
Author_Institution
Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report on the activation of the 1.1 Petawatt Laser (190 J, 170 fs) based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) and mixed Nd:glass amplification.
Keywords
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical glass; optical parametric amplifiers; solid lasers; JkJk:Nd; energy 190 J; mixed amplifier; optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; petawatt hybrid OPCPA laser; power 1.1 PW; time 170 fs; Bandwidth; Glass; Gratings; Laser fusion; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; 140.3280; 140.7090;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Type
conf
Filename
5226191
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