Multi-terawatt femtosecond laser system of visible range based on a photochemical XeF(C-A) amplifier

This paper reports on the creation of a THL-100 multi-terawatt hybrid laser system based on a Start-480M titanium-sapphire starting complex and photochemical XeF(C-A) amplifier with a 25-cm aperture. The complex produces 50-fs radiation pulses of energy up to 5 mJ at a second harmonic wavelength of...

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Published inLaser and particle beams Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 17 - 21
Main Authors Alekseev, S.V., Aristov, A.I., Ivanov, N.G., Kovalchuk, B.M., Losev, V.F., Mesyats, G.A., Mikheev, L.D., Panchenko, Yu.N., Ratakhin, N.A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.03.2013
Subjects
Amplifiers
Electron beams
Electrons
Energy
Femtosecond
Femtosecond pulses
Hybrid systems
Laser beams
Lasers
Mirrors
Particle physics
Photochemical
Photochemicals
Radiation
Receivers & amplifiers
Titanium
Titanium-Sapphire
Ultraviolet radiation
Wavelengths
Xenon
Russia
Hybrid (solid/gas) laser system
Femtosecond pulses
Chirped pulses
Second harmonic
Photochemical XeF(C-A) amplifier
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Summary:This paper reports on the creation of a THL-100 multi-terawatt hybrid laser system based on a Start-480M titanium-sapphire starting complex and photochemical XeF(C-A) amplifier with a 25-cm aperture. The complex produces 50-fs radiation pulses of energy up to 5 mJ at a second harmonic wavelength of 475 nm. The active medium of the amplifier is created in a XeF2/N2 mixture under vacuum-ultraviolet radiation of electron beam-excited xenon. The results of first experiments on femtosecond pulse amplification in the active medium of the XeF(C-A) amplifier are presented to demonstrate that a laser beam peak power of 14 TW has been attained.
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ISSN:0263-0346
1469-803X
DOI:10.1017/S0263034612000870