An ultra-high power Nd:glass laser have been developed for studies on "Fast Ignition" concept. The laser system consists of an OPCPA (Optical Parametric Chirp Pulse Amplification) front-end, a main amplifier chain using Nd:glass laser, a large aperture double pass compressor, and a focusing system. The maximum pulse energy of 1.1 kJ was obtained from the amplifier chain with the spectral width of 3.7 nm. After pulse compression, 900 TW (420 J in 470 fs) was achieved. The maximum intensity is more than 10/sup 20/ W/cm/sup 2/.


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    Title :

    Pulse compression and focusing properties of an ultra-high power Nd:glass laser


    Contributors:
    Fujita, H. (author) / Kitagawa, Y. (author) / Yoshida, H. (author) / Kawasaki, T. (author) / Matsuo, S. (author) / Jitsuno, T. (author) / Izawa, Y. (author)


    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


    Size :

    74451 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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