125-TW TI-SAPPHIRE ND-GLASS LASER SYSTEM

Authors
STUART BC PERRY MD MILLER J TIETBOHL G HERMAN S BRITTEN JA BROWN C PENNINGTON D YANOVSKY V WHARTON K
Citation
Bc. Stuart et al., 125-TW TI-SAPPHIRE ND-GLASS LASER SYSTEM, Optics letters, 22(4), 1997, pp. 242-244
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
22
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
242 - 244
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1997)22:4<242:1TNLS>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We have demonstrated a Ti:sapphire/Nd:glass laser system that produces up to 51 J of energy in 395-fs pulses (125 TW). Focusing at f/3 to a 2.5-times diffraction-limited spot results in a peak irradiance greate r than 10(20) W/cm(2). Our 40-cm-diameter gold diffraction gratings ha ve a damage threshold of 0.42 J/cm(2) for 320-fs pulses. (C) 1997 Opti cal Society of America.