Design of PETAL multipetawatt high-energy laser front end based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 33, 2007, Pages 8181-8187

  Hugonnot, Emmanuel ^a   Deschaseaux, Gérard ^a   Hartmann, Olivier ^a   Coïc, Hervé ^a  

^a CEA CESTA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL PUMPING;

PETAWATT AQUITAINE LASERS; SINGLE SHOT BEAMS; STRETCHED PULSES;

PULSE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 38849207796     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.008181     Document Type: Article

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