High-Peak-Power Long-Wave Infrared Lasers with CO2 Amplifiers

Polyanskiy, Mikhail; Pogorelsky, Igor; Babzien, Marcus; Kupfer, Rotem; Vafaei-Najafabadi, Navid; Palmer, Mark

doi:10.3390/photonics8040101

Title: High-Peak-Power Long-Wave Infrared Lasers with CO2 Amplifiers

Journal Article · Wed Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Photonics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8040101· OSTI ID:1778906

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Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Accelerator Test Facility
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

Long-wave infrared (LWIR) picosecond pulses with multi-terawatt peak power have recently become available for advanced high-energy physics and material research. Multi-joule pulse energy is achieved in an LWIR laser system via amplification of a microjoule seed pulse with high-pressure, mixed-isotope CO₂ amplifiers. A chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) scheme is employed in such a laser to reduce the nonlinear interaction between the optical field and the transmissive elements of the system. Presently, a research and development effort is underway towards an even higher LWIR peak power that is required, for instance, for promising particle acceleration schemes. The required boost of the peak power can be achieved by reducing the pulse duration to fractions of a picosecond. For this purpose, the possibility of reducing the gain narrowing in the laser amplifiers and post-compression techniques are being studied. Another direction in research is aimed at the increased throughput (i.e., repetition rate), efficiency, and reliability of LWIR laser systems. The transition from a traditional electric-discharge pumping to an optical pumping scheme for CO₂ amplifiers is expected to improve the robustness of high-peak-power LWIR lasers, making them suitable for broad implementation in scientific laboratory, industrial, and clinical environments.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1778906

Report Number(s):: BNL-221268-2021-JAAM; TRN: US2209588

Journal Information:: Photonics, Vol. 8, Issue 4; ISSN 2304-6732

Publisher:: MDPICopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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