Title :
Near diffraction limited high-contrast 10 terawatt laser
Author :
Yanovsky, V. ; Bahk, S.-W. ; Felix, Corinne ; Saleh, Neven ; Rousseau, Pierre ; Chvykov, V. ; Mourou, Gerard
Author_Institution :
Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Summary from only given. We report on further progress in developing a Ti:sapphire high contrast laser, namely reaching a 10 TW milestone. Large output energy of the regenerative amplifier allows us to do this by amplifying the regenerative amplifier output pulse in a single 4-pass amplifier.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 10 TW; TW milestone; Ti:sapphire high contrast laser; high contrast laser; regenerative amplifier; regenerative amplifier output pulse; single 4-pass amplifier; Diffraction; High power amplifiers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Thermal conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033422
