High average power, diode pumped petawatt laser systems: a new generation of lasers enabling precision science and commercial applications

C. L. Haefner; A. Bayramian; S. Betts; R. Bopp; S. Buck; J. Cupal; M. Drouin; A. Erlandson; J. Horáček; J. Horner; J. Jarboe; K. Kasl; D. Kim; E. Koh; L. Koubíková; W. Maranville; C. Marshall; D. Mason; J. Menapace; P. Miller; P. Mazurek; A. Naylon; J. Novák; D. Peceli; P. Rosso; K. Schaffers; E. Sistrunk; D. Smith; T. Spinka; J. Stanley; R. Steele; C. Stolz; T. Suratwala; S. Telford; J. Thoma; D. VanBlarcom; J. Weiss; P. Wegner

doi:10.1117/12.2281050

26 June 2017 High average power, diode pumped petawatt laser systems: a new generation of lasers enabling precision science and commercial applications

C. L. Haefner, A. Bayramian, S. Betts, R. Bopp, S. Buck, J. Cupal, M. Drouin, A. Erlandson, J. Horáček, J. Horner, J. Jarboe, K. Kasl, D. Kim, E. Koh, L. Koubíková, W. Maranville, C. Marshall, D. Mason, J. Menapace, P. Miller, P. Mazurek, A. Naylon, J. Novák, D. Peceli, P. Rosso, K. Schaffers, E. Sistrunk, D. Smith, T. Spinka, J. Stanley, R. Steele, C. Stolz, T. Suratwala, S. Telford, J. Thoma, D. VanBlarcom, J. Weiss, P. Wegner

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Proceedings Volume 10241, Research Using Extreme Light: Entering New Frontiers with Petawatt-Class Lasers III; 1024102 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2281050
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

Large laser systems that deliver optical pulses with peak powers exceeding one Petawatt (PW) have been constructed at dozens of research facilities worldwide and have fostered research in High-Energy-Density (HED) Science, High-Field and nonlinear physics [1]. Furthermore, the high intensities exceeding 10¹⁸W/cm² allow for efficiently driving secondary sources that inherit some of the properties of the laser pulse, e.g. pulse duration, spatial and/or divergence characteristics. In the intervening decades since that first PW laser, single-shot proof-of-principle experiments have been successful in demonstrating new high-intensity laser-matter interactions and subsequent secondary particle and photon sources. These secondary sources include generation and acceleration of charged-particle (electron, proton, ion) and neutron beams, and x-ray and gamma-ray sources, generation of radioisotopes for positron emission tomography (PET), targeted cancer therapy, medical imaging, and the transmutation of radioactive waste [2, 3]. Each of these promising applications requires lasers with peak power of hundreds of terawatt (TW) to petawatt (PW) and with average power of tens to hundreds of kW to achieve the required secondary source flux.

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C. L. Haefner, A. Bayramian, S. Betts, R. Bopp, S. Buck, J. Cupal, M. Drouin, A. Erlandson, J. Horáček, J. Horner, J. Jarboe, K. Kasl, D. Kim, E. Koh, L. Koubíková, W. Maranville, C. Marshall, D. Mason, J. Menapace, P. Miller, P. Mazurek, A. Naylon, J. Novák, D. Peceli, P. Rosso, K. Schaffers, E. Sistrunk, D. Smith, T. Spinka, J. Stanley, R. Steele, C. Stolz, T. Suratwala, S. Telford, J. Thoma, D. VanBlarcom, J. Weiss, and P. Wegner "High average power, diode pumped petawatt laser systems: a new generation of lasers enabling precision science and commercial applications", Proc. SPIE 10241, Research Using Extreme Light: Entering New Frontiers with Petawatt-Class Lasers III, 1024102 (26 June 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2281050

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