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

Journal Article · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.48282· OSTI ID:253399

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 Laboratory Upton, New York 11973 (United States)
2. STI Optronics, Inc., Bellevue, Washington 98004 (United States)
3. Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Keio University, Yokohama, 223 (Japan)
4. Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, New Mexico 87445 (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 preionized amplifier of a 10-cm aperture is potentially scalable to the {approximately}1-TW peak power level. {copyright} 1995 {ital American Institute of Physics}.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 253399
• Report Number(s): CONF-940681--
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 335; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DESIGN
GAIN
POWER RANGE 01-10 TW
POWER RANGE 10-100 GW
PULSE TECHNIQUES
USES