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Design and performance of a multiterawatt, subpicosecond neodymium: glass laser

Journal Article · · Journal of the Optical Society of America, Part B: Optical Physics; (United States)
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  1. Laser Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, MC L-490, Livermore, California (USA)
A tabletop Nd:phosphate glass laser system capable of producing subpicosecond pulses with a peak power 8.5 TW is described. Relay imaging and optimization of the chirped-pulse amplification technique, including spectral shaping and careful attention to beam quality, produce a transform-limited, 800-fs compressed pulse with an energy of 6.8 J in a near-diffraction-limited spatially uniform beam.
OSTI ID:
6148789
Journal Information:
Journal of the Optical Society of America, Part B: Optical Physics; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of the Optical Society of America, Part B: Optical Physics; (United States) Vol. 8:11; ISSN JOBPD; ISSN 0740-3224
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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