Multiterawatt Laser System Based on Ti:A1 sub 2 O sub 3,

Abstract

Ultrashort duration, high-energy laser pulses have been generated using a titanium-doped-sapphire oscillator and amplifier system. The pulses have an energy of 0.45 Joules with a duration of 95 femtoseconds, and 0.23 Joules with a duration of 60 femtoseconds. We have constructed a titanium-aluminum oxide based laser system which uses chirped pulse amplification (CPA) and multipass amplifiers. Pulses are produced with a peak power of 3 TW, an energy of 0.45 J and a duration of 95 fs. The oscillator is a mode-locked Ti:A12O3 laser pumped by an Argon(+) laser.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 1992
Accession Number
ADP007072

Entities

People

  • A. Sullivan
  • H. C. Kapteyn
  • H. Hamster
  • Stephen M. Gordon
  • W. White

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum Oxides
  • Amplifiers
  • Coherent Radiation
  • Energy
  • Femtosecond Time
  • High Energy
  • High Energy Lasers
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Oscillators
  • Peak Power
  • Radiation
  • Titanium

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy