Picosecond, terawatt, all-Nd:glass CPA laser system

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作者
Badziak, J [1 ]
Chizhov, SA [1 ]
Kozlov, AA [1 ]
Makowski, J [1 ]
Paduch, M [1 ]
Tomaszewski, K [1 ]
Vankov, AB [1 ]
Yashin, VE [1 ]
机构
[1] SI VAVILOV STATE OPT INST,INST LASER PHYS SC,ST PETERSBURG 199034,RUSSIA
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10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00521-4
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An all-Nd:glass fiberless chirped-pulse-amplification laser system capable of producing 1.2 ps pulses of 2 TW in power is presented. A potential for obtaining a high (greater than or equal to 10(8)) long-time scale contrast ratio of a pulse by the use of an electro-optic deflector as well as good focusability of a high-power beam of rectangular cross-section produced by a single-pass grating compressor are demonstrated.
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