• DocumentCode
    1771424
  • Title

    Compact 10 TW laser to generate multi-filament arrays

  • Author

    Webb, Benjamin ; Bradford, Joshua ; Lim, Khan ; Bodnar, Nathan ; Vaupel, Andreas ; McKee, Erik ; Baudelet, Matthieu ; Durand, Magali ; Shah, Lawrence ; Richardson, Mark

  • Author_Institution
    Townes Laser Inst., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The design and construction of a compact 10 TW Ti:sapphire CPA system for the generation of filament arrays is presented. The design and implementation challenges are discussed, in particular the optimization of beam quality.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical arrays; optical design techniques; optimisation; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; beam quality optimization; compact titanium:sapphire CPA system construction; compact titanium:sapphire CPA system design; multifilament array generation; power 10 TW; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Masers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Structural beams;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989427