Design of high-intensity chirped-pulse amplification lasers with propagation and amplification software

Thomas A. Planchon; Frederic Burgy; Jean-Phillipe Rousseau; Jean-Paul Chambaret

doi:10.1117/12.559826

22 October 2004 Design of high-intensity chirped-pulse amplification lasers with propagation and amplification software

Thomas A. Planchon, Frederic Burgy, Jean-Phillipe Rousseau, Jean-Paul Chambaret

Proceedings Volume 5524, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization VII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.559826
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

We have simulated Chirped Pulse Amplification process with a new software, allowing to extend the generally used 1D-models. We show here the importance of the beam spatial discretization in simulations in order to describe the gain saturation. Experimental measurements performed on our 100 TW laser validate this calculation, allowing us to carefully design the next generation of Ti:sapphire lasers at the Petawatt level.

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Thomas A. Planchon, Frederic Burgy, Jean-Phillipe Rousseau, and Jean-Paul Chambaret "Design of high-intensity chirped-pulse amplification lasers with propagation and amplification software", Proc. SPIE 5524, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization VII, (22 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.559826

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