• DocumentCode
    733745
  • Title

    Multi-terawatt CO2 laser with chirped-pulse amplification

  • Author

    Polyanskiy, Mikhail N. ; Babzien, Marcus ; Pogorelsky, Igor

  • Author_Institution
    Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A chirped-pulse amplification technique is implemented for the first time in a picosecond CO2 laser. A considerable increase in peak power is achieved, mainly as a result of eliminating nonlinear effects in the optical elements.
  • Keywords
    carbon compounds; chirp modulation; gas lasers; optical pulse generation; CO2; chirped-pulse amplification; multiterawatt CO2 laser; nonlinear effects; Carbon dioxide; Chirp; Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184187
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733745