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Paper Abstract
We report on the initial performance of the first ELI-Beamlines high repetition rate, thin disk-based OPCPA pump laser. The laser is designed to produce a pulse train with pulse energies of 10-30 mJ at a 1 kHz repetition rate and is intended to be used as a pump source for an OPCPA amplifier. While the preliminary tests and analysis show that these target energies are well within the capabilities of the equipment available, the output energies of the current design are limited by self-phase modulation. We discuss the sources of this modulation and a new amplifier design to reduce these nonlinear effects. The efficiency of the second harmonic conversion of the thin disk amplifier output is measured to be higher than 65% and scaling to higher energies is discussed.
Paper Details
Date Published: 7 May 2013
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 8780, High-Power, High-Energy, and High-Intensity Laser Technology; and Research Using Extreme Light: Entering New Frontiers with Petawatt-Class Lasers, 878020 (7 May 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2021553
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8780:
High-Power, High-Energy, and High-Intensity Laser Technology; and Research Using Extreme Light: Entering New Frontiers with Petawatt-Class Lasers
Georg Korn; Joachim Hein; Luis Oliveira Silva, Editor(s)
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 8780, High-Power, High-Energy, and High-Intensity Laser Technology; and Research Using Extreme Light: Entering New Frontiers with Petawatt-Class Lasers, 878020 (7 May 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2021553
Show Author Affiliations
Jakub Novak, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Czech Technical Univ. in Prague (Czech Republic)
Pavel Bakule, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Jonathan T. Green, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Frantisek Batysta, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Thomas Metzger, TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH (Germany)
Czech Technical Univ. in Prague (Czech Republic)
Pavel Bakule, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Jonathan T. Green, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Frantisek Batysta, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Thomas Metzger, TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH (Germany)
Jan Hřebíček, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Jack Naylon, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Tomas Mazanec, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Michal Vitek, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Bedřich Rus, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Jack Naylon, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Tomas Mazanec, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Michal Vitek, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Bedřich Rus, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v.v.i. (Czech Republic)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8780:
High-Power, High-Energy, and High-Intensity Laser Technology; and Research Using Extreme Light: Entering New Frontiers with Petawatt-Class Lasers
Georg Korn; Joachim Hein; Luis Oliveira Silva, Editor(s)
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