Title :
All-reflective Ti:Sa power amplifier for Petawatt laser
Author :
Blakeney, J.K. ; Quevedo, H.I. ; Martinez, M. ; Gaul, E. ; Bang, W. ; Kuk, D. ; Kim, I. ; McCormick, M. ; Dyer, G. ; Bernstein, A.C. ; Ditmire, T.
Author_Institution :
Center For High Energy Density Sci., Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
An all-reflective Ti:Sa power amplifier capable of extracting up to 60 joules has been designed. The power amplifier consists of four passes through a 100mm Ti:Sa crystal really imaged by off-axis parabolas enclosed in a vacuum chamber.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical materials; solid lasers; Ti; Ti:Sa crystal; all-reflective power amplifier; off-axis parabolas; petawatt laser; vacuum chamber; wavelength 100 nm; Crystals; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Relays;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
