Title :
>10/sup 21/ W/cm/sup 2/ laser based upon large aperture Ti:sapphire disk amplifiers
Author :
Patterson, F. ; Bonlie, J. ; Price, D. ; White, B. ; Springer, P.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
Abstract :
A chirped pulse amplified laser producing 15 J from a final 10 cm Ti:sapphire disk amplifier is described. Measurements of the compressed pulse spectrum, autocorrelation and focal spot are presented.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical pulse compression; solid lasers; titanium; 15 J; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; Gaussian pulse shape; Ti:sapphire disk amplifier; autocorrelation; chirped pulse amplified laser; compressed pulse spectrum; focal spot; full energy focus; large aperture; Apertures; Autocorrelation; Isotopes; Laser beams; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Pulse compression methods; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834607
