COMPACT 10-TW, 800-FS ND-GLASS LASER

被引:71
作者
PATTERSON, FG
GONZALES, R
PERRY, MD
机构
[1] Laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, MC L-490, Livermore, CA
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D O I
10.1364/OL.16.001107
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A tabletop Nd:phosphate glass laser system capable of producing a focused intensity in excess of 10(18) W/cm2 is described. Optimization of chirped-pulse amplification, including spectral shaping and careful attention to beam quality, produces a transform-limited, 800-fs compressed pulse with a peak power of > 10 TW in a near-diffraction-limited spatially uniform beam.
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页码:1107 / 1109
页数:3
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