• DocumentCode
    2656419
  • Title

    Design of the Texas petawatt laser

  • Author

    Gaul, E.W. ; Ditmire, T. ; Martinez, M.D. ; Douglas, S. ; Gorski, D. ; Hays, G.R. ; Henderson, W. ; Erlandson, A. ; Caird, J. ; Ebbers, C. ; Iovanovic, I. ; Molander, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    26
  • Abstract
    We report on the design of a novel, high energy (200 J), short pulse (150 fs) laser that is based on hybrid, broadband optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) and mixed silicate and phosphate Nd:glass amplification.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; neodymium; optical glass; phosphorus compounds; silicon compounds; solid lasers; 150 fs; 200 J; Nd:glass amplification; broadband optical parametric chirped pulse amplification; mixed silicate; petawatt laser design; phosphate; short pulse laser; Bandwidth; Gratings; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical design; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549364
  • Filename
    1549364