Compact 10-TW, 800-fs Nd:glass laser

A tabletop Nd:phosphate glass laser system capable of producing a focused intensity in excess of 10(18) W/cm(2) 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 pe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Optics letters 1991-07, Vol.16 (14), p.1107-1109
Hauptverfasser:	PATTERSON, F. G, GONZALES, R, PERRY, M. D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	426002 - Engineering- Lasers & Masers- (1990-) AMPLIFICATION BEAM PROFILES DIFFRACTION GRATINGS ENGINEERING Exact sciences and technology Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications) GLASS GRATINGS LASERS NEODYMIUM LASERS Optics PHOSPHATE GLASS Physics POWER POWER RANGE SOLID STATE LASERS TERAWATT POWER RANGE
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Zusammenfassung:	A tabletop Nd:phosphate glass laser system capable of producing a focused intensity in excess of 10(18) W/cm(2) 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.
ISSN:	0146-9592 1539-4794
DOI:	10.1364/OL.16.001107