Studies in Raman Compression
Abstract
High-energy and high-intensity lasers for DOD applications are limited by the fact that the material properties of gratings and amplifiers cannot sustain the fluence to which they need to be subjected. Raman compression effects in a plasma, however, might allow the energy of a pump laser to be delievered over a long time scale and then be captured by a short counter propagating pulse, compressing the laser energy via plasam processes, thereby enabling unprecedented intensities of laser light via these plasma optics.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 23, 2016
- Source ID
- FA95501510391
Entities
People
- Nathaniel Fisch
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Trustees of Princeton University
- United States Air Force