High Power Subpicosecond KrF* Laser System

I A McIntyre; A P Schwarzenbach; T S Luk; A McPherson; K Boyer; C K Rhodes

doi:10.1117/12.938703

21 October 1986 High Power Subpicosecond KrF* Laser System

I A McIntyre, A P Schwarzenbach, T S Luk, A McPherson, K Boyer, C K Rhodes

Proceedings Volume 0664, High Intensity Laser Processes; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938703
Event: 1986 Quebec Symposium, 1986, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

A subpicosecond KrF* laser system with a nearly diffration-limited beam and peak power on the order of 50 GW (capable of focusing to > 10¹⁷ W/cm') has been developed. The means of producing ultrashort seed pulses for the KrF* amplifier system are described. It is shown that efficient energy extraction is possible on a subpicosecond time scale and that deleterious effects such as optical damage and self-focusing do not limit the scaling of such a device to producing terawatt pulses in the 1 J energy range.

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I A McIntyre, A P Schwarzenbach, T S Luk, A McPherson, K Boyer, and C K Rhodes "High Power Subpicosecond KrF* Laser System", Proc. SPIE 0664, High Intensity Laser Processes, (21 October 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938703

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