The Multi-Terawatt (MTW) laser, built initially as the prototype front-end for a petawatt laser system, is a 1053-nm hybrid system with gain from optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) and Nd:glass. Here, compressors and target chambers were added, making MTW a complete laser facility (output energy up to 120 J, pulse duration from 20 fs to 2.8 ns) for studying high-energy-density physics and developing short-pulse laser technologies and target diagnostics. Further extensions of the laser support ultrahigh-intensity laser development of an all-OPCPA system and a Raman plasma amplifier. A short summary of the variety of scientific experiments conducted on MTW is also presented.
Begishev, I. A., et al. "Advanced laser development and plasma-physics studies on the multiterawatt laser." Applied Optics, vol. 60, no. 36, Dec. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.443548
Begishev, I. A., Bagnoud, V., Bahk, S. -W., Bittle, W. A., Brent, G., Cuffney, R., Dorrer, C., Froula, D. H., Haberberger, D., Mileham, C., Nilson, P. M., Okishev, A. V., Shaw, J. L., Shoup, M. J., Stillman, C. R., Stoeckl, C., Turnbull, D., Wager, B., Zuegel, J. D., & Bromage, J. (2021). Advanced laser development and plasma-physics studies on the multiterawatt laser. Applied Optics, 60(36). https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.443548
Begishev, I. A., Bagnoud, V., Bahk, S. -W., et al., "Advanced laser development and plasma-physics studies on the multiterawatt laser," Applied Optics 60, no. 36 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.443548
@article{osti_1835575,
author = {Begishev, I. A. and Bagnoud, V. and Bahk, S. -W. and Bittle, W. A. and Brent, G. and Cuffney, R. and Dorrer, C. and Froula, D. H. and Haberberger, D. and Mileham, C. and others},
title = {Advanced laser development and plasma-physics studies on the multiterawatt laser},
annote = {The Multi-Terawatt (MTW) laser, built initially as the prototype front-end for a petawatt laser system, is a 1053-nm hybrid system with gain from optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) and Nd:glass. Here, compressors and target chambers were added, making MTW a complete laser facility (output energy up to 120 J, pulse duration from 20 fs to 2.8 ns) for studying high-energy-density physics and developing short-pulse laser technologies and target diagnostics. Further extensions of the laser support ultrahigh-intensity laser development of an all-OPCPA system and a Raman plasma amplifier. A short summary of the variety of scientific experiments conducted on MTW is also presented.},
doi = {10.1364/ao.443548},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1835575},
journal = {Applied Optics},
issn = {ISSN 1559-128X},
number = {36},
volume = {60},
place = {United States},
publisher = {Optical Society of America},
year = {2021},
month = {12}}
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