A 1 TW KRF LASER USING CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION

被引：37
作者：
ROSS, IN
DAMERELL, AR
DIVALL, EJ
EVANS, J
HIRST, GJ
HOOKER, CJ
HOULISTON, JR
KEY, MH
LISTER, JMD
OSVAY, K
SHAW, MJ
机构：
[1] Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot
来源：
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 1994年 / 109卷 / 3-4期
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D O I：
10.1016/0030-4018(94)90695-5
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
Chirped pulse amplification (CPA) and recompression have been used in a large aperture KrF laser system. The power focused onto target in a 300 fs pulse reached 1 TW with an irradiance of approximately 10(19) W/cm2.
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