High contrast multi-terawatt pulse generation using chirped pulse amplification on the VULCAN laser facility

Optics Communications

Volumn 103, Issue 5-6, 1993, Pages 392-397

  Danson, C N ^a   Barzanti, L J ^a   Chang, Z ^a   Damerell, A E ^a   Edwards, C B ^a   Hancock, S ^a   Hutchinson, M H R ^b   Key, M H ^a   Luan, S ^b   Mahadeo, R R ^a   Mercer, I P ^b   Norreys, P ^a   Pepler, D A ^a   Rodkiss, D A ^a   Ross, I N ^a   Smith, M A ^a   Smith, R A ^b   Taday, P ^a   Toner, W T ^a   Wigmore, K W M ^a   Winstone, T B ^a   Wyatt, R W W ^a   Zhou, F ^b   more..

^a Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NEODYMIUM; PLASMAS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

LASER PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0027873255     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(93)90163-Y     Document Type: Article

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