Compact 0.56 Petawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification in KD*P crystals

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 421-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
V V Lozhkarev ◽  
G I Freidman ◽  
V N Ginzburg ◽  
E V Katin ◽  
E A Khazanov ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 01006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Galimberti ◽  
Alexis Boyle ◽  
Ian O. Musgrave ◽  
Pedro Oliveira ◽  
Dave Pepler ◽  
...  

The Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse Amplification is one of the most promising techniques to deliver 20PW laser system. The already available KD*P in large size is a good candidate as nonlinear crystal. In this article we report the experimental analysis of the spectral small signal gain for KD*P at 70% deuteration level for different phase matching and non-collinear angle. The data is also compared with a theoretical model.


2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (16) ◽  
pp. 3866 ◽  
Author(s):  
František Batysta ◽  
Roman Antipenkov ◽  
Teddy Borger ◽  
April Kissinger ◽  
Jonathan T. Green ◽  
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Author(s):  
J. Bromage ◽  
S.-W. Bahk ◽  
I. A. Begishev ◽  
C. Dorrer ◽  
M. J. Guardalben ◽  
...  

Optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) [Dubietis et al., Opt. Commun. 88, 437 (1992)] implemented by multikilojoule Nd:glass pump lasers is a promising approach to produce ultraintense pulses (${>}10^{23}~\text{W}/\text{cm}^{2}$). Technologies are being developed to upgrade the OMEGA EP Laser System with the goal to pump an optical parametric amplifier line (EP OPAL) with two of the OMEGA EP beamlines. The resulting ultraintense pulses (1.5 kJ, 20 fs, $10^{24}~\text{W}/\text{cm}^{2}$) would be used jointly with picosecond and nanosecond pulses produced by the other two beamlines. A midscale OPAL pumped by the Multi-Terawatt (MTW) laser is being constructed to produce 7.5-J, 15-fs pulses and demonstrate scalable technologies suitable for the upgrade. MTW OPAL will share a target area with the MTW laser (50 J, 1 to 100 ps), enabling several joint-shot configurations. We report on the status of the MTW OPAL system, and the technology development required for this class of all-OPCPA laser system for ultraintense pulses.


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