Ensuring compactness, reliability, and scalability for the next generation of high-field lasers

Author

Nees, John ; Biswas, Santosh ; Droun, F. ; Faure, Jérôme ; Nantel, Mark ; Mourou, Gérard A. ; Nishimura, Akihiko ; Takuma, Hiroshi ; Itatani, Jiro ; Chanteloup, Jean-Christophe ; Hönninger, Clemens

Author_Institution

Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

4

Issue

2

fYear

1998

Firstpage

376

Lastpage

384

Abstract

If further developments in high-field lasers are to be accessible to universities and institutes, new laser materials and phase control techniques, which will result in compact, reliable systems with higher peak power, must be adopted. The choice of high-saturation-fluence gain material and the measurement and active control of temporal and spatial phase distortions for compact chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) systems of the future are discussed. Using the proper material and phase control a focused intensity of 10²⁵ W/cm² is theoretically possible

Keywords

chirp modulation; laser reliability; optical focusing; optical materials; optical modulation; solid lasers; compact chirped-pulse amplification; compactness; focused intensity; high-field lasers; high-saturation-fluence gain material; higher peak power; laser materials; phase control techniques; reliability; scalability; solid laser materials; Distortion measurement; Educational institutions; Gain measurement; Laser noise; Materials reliability; Optical materials; Phase control; Power lasers; Power system reliability; Scalability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2944.686745

Filename

686745