The first terawatt picosecond CO{sub 2} laser for advanced accelerator studies at the Brookhaven ATF
- Accelerator Test Facility, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 725C, Upton, New York 11973 (United States)
- Optoel Co., St. Petersburg (Russia)
- 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-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 98:004063
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 398, Issue 1; Conference: 7. advanced accelerator concepts workshop, Lake Tahoe, NV (United States), Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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