Prague asterix laser system (PALS) and its upgrade

Karel Rohlena; Bedrich Rus; Libor Juha; Jiri Skala; Bozena Kralikova; Karel Jungwirth; Jiri Ullschmied; Klaus-Juergen Witte; H. Baumhacker

doi:10.1117/12.414034

25 January 2001 Prague asterix laser system (PALS) and its upgrade

Karel Rohlena, Bedrich Rus, Libor Juha, Jiri Skala, Bozena Kralikova, Karel Jungwirth, Jiri Ullschmied, Klaus-Juergen Witte, H. Baumhacker

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Proceedings Volume 4184, XIII International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.414034
Event: XIII International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference, 2000, Florence, Italy

Abstract

The PALS project is based on iodine photodissociation system ASTERIX transferred from the Max-Planck-Institute fŸr Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany, to a dedicated experimental hall built at the Institute of Plasma Physics of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. A novel feature of the system is a newly designed twin interaction chamber comprising several technical innovations. As a user facility the system was inaugurated in June 2000 and starting from October it will serve the users coming under the EU 5thFP "Transnational access" scheme. A brief description of planned upgrades of the original system is given. These include (1) implementation of adaptive optics, (2) replacement of the iodine master oscillator by a more flexible solid state oscillator based on fiber optics, and (3) a fs extension of the laser output using the OPCPA method.

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Karel Rohlena, Bedrich Rus, Libor Juha, Jiri Skala, Bozena Kralikova, Karel Jungwirth, Jiri Ullschmied, Klaus-Juergen Witte, and H. Baumhacker "Prague asterix laser system (PALS) and its upgrade", Proc. SPIE 4184, XIII International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference, (25 January 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.414034

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