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A Front End for Multipetawatt Lasers Based on a High-Energy, High-Average-Power Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplifier

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OSTI ID:835322
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  1. Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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We report on a high-energy, high-average-power optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier developed as the front end for the OMEGA EP laser. The amplifier provides a gain larger than 109 in two stages leading to a total energy of 400 mJ with a pump-to-signal conversion efficiency higher than 25%.
Research Organization:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC52-92SF19460
OSTI ID:
835322
Report Number(s):
DOE/SF-19460-575; 1509; 2004-52
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
LASERS
OMEGA FACILITY
PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS
parametric oscillators and amplifiers
ultrafast lasers