Title :
Contrast measurements of kilojoule laser pulses at the OMEGA EP laser facility
Author :
Dorrer, C. ; Irwin, D. ; Consentino, A. ; Qiao, J.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Laser Energetics, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
The OMEGA EP intensity contrast has been measured to be approximately 6 decades for kilojoule 10-ps pulses. The OPCPA front end is the primary source of the measured incoherent pedestal.
Keywords :
Energy measurement; Fluorescence; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Oscilloscopes; Photodiodes; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
