First picosecond terawatt CO2 laser

Igor V. Pogorelsky; Ilan Ben-Zvi; Marcus Babzien; Karl Kusche; John Skaritka; Igor K. Meshkovsky; Andrey A. Dublov; Vasili A. Lekomtsev; Igor V. Pavlishin; Yuri A. Boloshin; Gennady B. Deineko; Akira Tsunemi

doi:10.1117/12.334820

30 December 1998 First picosecond terawatt CO₂ laser

Igor V. Pogorelsky, Ilan Ben-Zvi, Marcus Babzien, Karl Kusche, John Skaritka, Igor K. Meshkovsky, Andrey A. Dublov, Vasili A. Lekomtsev, Igor V. Pavlishin, Yuri A. Boloshin, Gennady B. Deineko, Akira Tsunemi

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Proceedings Volume 3683, Laser Optics '98: Superstrong Laser Fields and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334820
Event: Laser Optics '98, 1998, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

The first terawatt picosecond CO₂ laser, PITER I, is under commissioning at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility. PITER I consists of a single-mode TEA oscillator, semiconductor optical switch, and two stages of the multi- atmosphere amplifiers. We report on design, simulation, and tests of the 10 ATM final amplifier that allows multi- terawatt peak power extraction in a picosecond laser pulse.

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Igor V. Pogorelsky, Ilan Ben-Zvi, Marcus Babzien, Karl Kusche, John Skaritka, Igor K. Meshkovsky, Andrey A. Dublov, Vasili A. Lekomtsev, Igor V. Pavlishin, Yuri A. Boloshin, Gennady B. Deineko, and Akira Tsunemi "First picosecond terawatt CO₂ laser", Proc. SPIE 3683, Laser Optics '98: Superstrong Laser Fields and Applications, (30 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334820

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