Title :
High temporal contrast femtosecond petawatt Ti:sapphire laser facility and its applications
Author :
Xu, Yi ; Leng, Yuxin ; Liang, Xiaoyan ; Liu, Jiansheng ; Li, Ruxin ; Xu, Zhizhan
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of High Field Laser Phys., Shanghai Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
The recent technical progress on the femtosecond petawatt Ti:sapphire laser are presented, which include the peak power (1.26PW) and temporal contrast (~1011) enhancement. Further, the significant applications achieved from the petawatt laser facility are summarized.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam applications; laser beams; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; high temporal contrast femtosecond petawatt laser; petawatt laser facility; power 1.26 PW; temporal contrast enhancement; Laser beams; Laser fusion; Laser theory; Quantum cascade lasers; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358832