Design and demonstration of a high-energy booster amplifier for a high-repetition rate petawatt class laser system

Optics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-240

  Ple, Fabien ^a   Pittman, Moana ^a   Jamelot, Gerard ^a   Chambaret, Jean Paul ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOSTER AMPLIFIER; ND:GLASS LASERS; PETAWATT CLASS LASER;

FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33847382932     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.32.000238     Document Type: Article

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