0.5-HZ, PHASE-STABILIZED TERAWATT LASER SYSTEM WITH A ND-GLASS SLAB AMPLIFIER FOR NONLINEAR QED EXPERIMENTS

Authors
BAMBER C BLALOCK T BOEGE S KOTSEROGLOU T MELISSINOS AC RAGG W REIS D MEYERHOFER DD KELLY J SHOUP M
Citation
C. Bamber et al., 0.5-HZ, PHASE-STABILIZED TERAWATT LASER SYSTEM WITH A ND-GLASS SLAB AMPLIFIER FOR NONLINEAR QED EXPERIMENTS, Laser physics, 7(1), 1997, pp. 135-140
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
Laser physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1054660X
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
135 - 140
Database
ISI
SICI code
1054-660X(1997)7:1<135:0PTLSW>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
This paper reports on a phase stabilized, 0.5-Hz repetition rate, tera watt, CPA laser system using a flashlamp-pumped Nd : Glass slab amplif ier, which is synchronized with a 46.6-GeV electron beam at the Stanfo rd Linear Accelerator Center with 2-ps stability. The laser system del ivers 1 mu m wavelength picosecond pulses with energies greater than 2 J. The pulses have been frequency doubled with similar to 50% efficie ncy.