A 1 TW KRF LASER USING CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION

Authors
ROSS IN DAMERELL AR DIVALL EJ EVANS J HIRST GJ HOOKER CJ HOULISTON JR KEY MH LISTER JMD OSVAY K SHAW MJ
Citation
In. Ross et al., A 1 TW KRF LASER USING CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION, Optics communications, 109(3-4), 1994, pp. 288-295
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
109
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
288 - 295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1994)109:3-4<288:A1TKLU>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Chirped pulse amplification (CPA) and recompression have been used in a large aperture KrF laser system. The power focused onto target in a 300 fs pulse reached 1 TW with an irradiance of approximately 10(19) W /cm2.