High contrast 150-terawatt laser for high field laser-plasma interaction studies

V. Yanovsky; N. Saleh; D. Milathianaki; C. Felix; K. Flippo; J. Nees; A. Maksimchuk; D. Umstadter; G. Mourou; J. Squier

doi:10.1109/cleo.2000.907023

High contrast 150-terawatt laser for high field laser-plasma interaction studies

V. Yanovsky, N. Saleh, D. Milathianaki, C. Felix, K. Flippo, J. Nees, A. Maksimchuk, D. Umstadter, G. Mourou, J. Squier

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High power chirped pulse amplification (CPA) lasers are capable of providing enough power to study relativistic regime of laser-plasma interaction. To achieve this regime focused laser intensity must be over 10¹⁸ W/cm² (typically-10¹⁹-10²⁰ W/cm²). To improve the pulse contrast in the 25 fs CPA laser system, we are currently building for high field laser-plasma studies at CUOS, we pursue an approach, originally developed at CUOS for longer pulses (approx. 100 fs). We pre-amplify the oscillator output pulse to sub-microjoule energy level without stretching the pulse, improve the pulse contrast by using a saturable absorber and stretch the pulse thereafter for further amplification.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	288
Number of pages	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/cleo.2000.907023
State	Published - 2000
Event	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2000) - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: May 7 2000 → May 12 2000

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Other	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2000)
City	San Francisco, CA, USA
Period	5/7/00 → 5/12/00

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Yanovsky, V, Saleh, N, Milathianaki, D, Felix, C, Flippo, K, Nees, J, Maksimchuk, A, Umstadter, D, Mourou, G & Squier, J 2000, 'High contrast 150-terawatt laser for high field laser-plasma interaction studies', Paper presented at Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2000), San Francisco, CA, USA, 5/7/00 - 5/12/00 pp. 288. https://doi.org/10.1109/cleo.2000.907023

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