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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
