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Compact 10-TW, 800-fs Nd:glass laser

Journal Article · · Optics Letters; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.16.001107· OSTI ID:5463105
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  1. Laser Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, MC L-490, Livermore, California 94550 (US)
A tabletop Nd:phosphate glass laser system capable of producing a focused intensity in excess of 10{sup 18} W/cm{sup 2} is described. Optimization chirped-pulse amplification, including spectral shaping and careful attention to beam quality, produces a transform-limited, 800-fs compressed pulse with a peak power of {gt}10 TW in a near-diffraction-limited spatially uniform beam.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5463105
Journal Information:
Optics Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Optics Letters; (United States) Vol. 16:14; ISSN OPLED; ISSN 0146-9592
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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