The first terawatt picosecond CO{sub 2} laser for advanced accelerator studies at the Brookhaven ATF
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The first terawatt picosecond C0{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 C0{sub 2} laser shall become operational in 1997 to serve for laser acceleration, x-ray generation and other strong-field physics experiments.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 454024
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-63650; CONF-9610210-1; ON: DE97001525
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 7. workshop on advanced accelerator concepts, Lake Tahoe, CA (United States), 12-18 Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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