The first terawatt picosecond CO{sub 2} laser for advanced accelerator studies at the Brookhaven ATF

Journal Article · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1997 · AIP Conference Proceedings

OSTI ID:580215

Pogorelsky, I V; Ben-Zvi, I; Skaritka, J; Segalov, Z; Babzien, M; Kusche, K ^[1]; Meskovsky, I K; Lekomtsev, V A; Dublov, A A; Boloshin, Y A ^[2]; Baranov, G A ^[3]

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1. Accelerator Test Facility, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 725C, Upton, New York 11973 (United States)
2. Optoel Co., St. Petersburg (Russia)
3. Efremov Inst, NIEFA, St. Petersburg (Russia)

The first terawatt picosecond CO{sub 2} laser system is under development at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility. Presently operational 1-Joule 100-ps ATF laser will be upgraded with a 10 atm amplifier capable of delivery {approximately}15 Joules of laser energy in a 3-ps pulse. We describe the design of the x-ray preionized 10-atm amplifier of a 10-liter active volume energized by a 1-MV, 200 kA transverse electric discharge. The amplifier, equipped with internal optics, permits the accommodation of a regenerative stage and a multi-pass booster in a relatively compact single discharge volume. The ATF terawatt CO{sub 2} laser shall become operational in 1997 to serve for laser acceleration, x-ray generation and other strong-field physics experiments. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 580215
• Report Number(s): CONF-9610281--
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 398; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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