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Published on: July 12, 2017
Demonstration of a 1.1 petawatt laser based on a hybrid optical parametric chirped pulse amplification/mixed Nd:glass
Erhard W Gaul1, Mikael Martinez, Joel Blakeney
1Texas Center of High Intensity Laser Science, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, Mail Stop C1510, Austin, Texas 78712, USA. gaul@physics.utexas.edu
Abstract:
We present the design and performance of the Texas Petawatt Laser, which produces a 186 J 167 fs pulse based on the combination of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) and mixed Nd:glass amplification. OPCPA provides the majority of the gain and is used to broaden and shape the seed spectrum, while amplification in Nd:glass accounts for >99% of the final pulse energy. Compression is achieved with highly efficient multilayer dielectric gratings.
