• DocumentCode
    521531
  • Title

    Production of 3ps multi-terawatt pulses in a CO2 laser system

  • Author

    Haberberger, D. ; Tochitsky, S. ; Joshi, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. Dept., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    15TW picosecond 10μm laser pulses are obtained at the UCLA Neptune Laboratory achieving record CO2 laser power. This peak power opens unique opportunities for applications in high-field experiments in the mid-IR range.
  • Keywords
    carbon compounds; gas lasers; optical pulse generation; 3ps multi-terawatt pulses; CO2; CO2 laser system; laser pulses; mid-IR range; Bandwidth; Laboratories; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Power lasers; Production systems; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5501214