MULTI-TERAWATT FEMTOSECOND CR-LISAF LASER

被引:18
作者
BEAUD, PA
RICHARDSON, M
MIESAK, EJ
机构
[1] Center for Research in Electro-Optics and Lasers (CREOL), University of Central Florida, Orlando
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1109/3.348061
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We discuss the design of a Cr:LiSAF laser system capable of generating ultrashort, 90-fs Fourier-transform limited pulses with a peak power of 8 TW. Using chirped pulse amplification and flashlamp-pumped Cr:LiSAF amplifiers this system incorporates a regenerative amplifier and three additional double-pass amplifiers with increasing aperture up to 25 mm. The temporal performance as well as the spatial beam quality are discussed in detail. We discuss extension of this system to the Petawatt power level,
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页码:317 / 325
页数:9
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