The Texas Petawatt Laser

E. Gaul,Mikael Martinez,T. Ditmire,Skyler Douglas,Watson Henderson,Joel Blakeney,John A. Caird,Al Erlandson,Igor Iovanovic,Chris Ebbers,Bill Molander

The Texas Petawatt Laser

2007

E. Gaul
Mikael Martinez
T. Ditmire
Skyler Douglas
Watson Henderson
Joel Blakeney
John A. Caird
Al Erlandson
Igor Iovanovic
Chris Ebbers
Bill Molander

We report on the 200 J, 150 fs Texas Petawatt Laser. A hybrid amplification with OPCPA in BBO and YCOB crystals and mixed glasses is used for broadband gain. Scalability to Exawatt lasers is discussed.

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Laser power scaling
Laser
Chirped pulse amplification
Thermal management of electronic devices and systems
Electronic engineering
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy
Physics
Nonlinear optics
Optics
Optoelectronics
laser beams
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