The first picosecond terawatt CO{sub 2} laser at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility

Pogorelsky, I V; Ben-Zvi, I; Babzien, M

Title: The first picosecond terawatt CO{sub 2} laser at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility

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The first terawatt picosecond CO{sub 2} laser will be brought to operation at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility in 1998. System consists of a single-mode TEA oscillator, picosecond semiconductor optical switch, multi-atmosphere. The authors report on design, simulation, and performance tests of the 10 atm final amplifier that allows for direct multi-joule energy extraction in a picosecond laser pulse.

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Pogorelsky, I V; Ben-Zvi, I; Babzien, M ^[1]

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Publication Date:: Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1998

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 645584

Report Number(s):: BNL-65240; CONF-971232-
ON: DE98004433; TRN: 98:010102

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76CH00016

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: International conference on lasers and applications, New Orleans, LA (United States), 15-19 Dec 1997; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1998

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; TEST FACILITIES; DESIGN; PERFORMANCE TESTING; LASER RADIATION; TERAWATT POWER RANGE; ACCELERATORS; OPERATION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; ACCELERATOR FACILITIES

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                    Pogorelsky, I V, Ben-Zvi, I, and Babzien, M. The first picosecond terawatt CO{sub 2} laser at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility.  United States: N. p., 1998. 
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                    Pogorelsky, I V, Ben-Zvi, I, & Babzien, M. The first picosecond terawatt CO{sub 2} laser at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility.  United States.

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                    Pogorelsky, I V, Ben-Zvi, I, and Babzien, M. 1998.  
        "The first picosecond terawatt CO{sub 2} laser at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/645584.

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