Approach to compact terawatt CO{sub 2} laser system for particle acceleration

Conference · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:10192499

Pogorelsky, I V ^[1]; Kimura, W D; Fisher, C H ^[2]; Kannari, F ^[3]; Kurnit, N A ^[4]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
2. STI Optronics, Bellevue, WA (United States)
3. Keio Univ., Yokohama (Japan). Department of Electrical Engineering
4. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)

A compact table-top 20-GW 50-ps CO{sub 2} laser system is in operation for strong-field physics studies at the ATF. We propose scaling up of the picosecond CO{sub 2} laser to a terawatt peak power level to meet the requirements of advanced laser accelerators. Computer modeling shows that a relatively compact single-beam picosecond CO{sub 2} laser system with a high-pressure x-ray picosecond amplifier of a 10-cm aperture is potentially scalable to the {approximately}1-TW peak power level.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 10192499
• Report Number(s): BNL-60826; CONF-940681-1; ON: DE95002170
• Resource Relation: Conference: 6. advanced accelerator concepts workshop,Fontana, WI (United States),13-18 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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