Generation of high-contrast and high-intensity laser pulses using an OPCPA preamplifier in a double CPA, Ti:sapphire laser system

Optics Communications

Volumn 282, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 625-628

  Kiriyama, Hiromitsu ^a   Mori, Michiaki ^a   Nakai, Yoshiki ^a   Shimomura, Takuya ^a   Tanoue, Manabu ^a   Akutsu, Atushi ^a   Okada, Hajime ^a   Motomura, Tomohiro ^a   Kondo, Shuji ^a   Kanazawa, Shuhei ^a   Sagisaka, Akito ^a   Ma, Jinglong ^a   Daito, Izuru ^a   Kotaki, Hideyuki ^a   Daido, Hiroyuki ^a   Bulanov, Sergei ^a   Kimura, Toyoaki ^a   Tajima, Toshiki ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CORUNDUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; LASER PULSES; LASERS; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; SAPPHIRE; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FEMTOSECOND PULSES; INTENSITY LASERS; MICROJOULE; OPTICAL-; OUTPUT PULSES; PEAK INTENSITIES; PEAK POWERS; PICOSECOND TIMES; PRE-AMPLIFIERS; PULSE AMPLIFICATIONS; PULSE DURATIONS; REPETITION RATES; SEED PULSES; SYSTEM USES; TEMPORAL CONTRASTS; TI:SAPPHIRE LASER SYSTEMS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 57849083894     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2008.10.067     Document Type: Article

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