Amplification of femtosecond pulses up to 29 TW at 10 Hz in Ti:sapphire

Catherine Le Blanc; P. Curley; G. Cheriaux; G. Darpentigny; G. Hamoniaux; Philippe Rousseau; Francois Salin; Jean-Paul Chambaret; Andre Antonetti

doi:10.1117/12.239725

8 May 1996 Amplification of femtosecond pulses up to 29 TW at 10 Hz in Ti:sapphire

Catherine Le Blanc, P. Curley, G. Cheriaux, G. Darpentigny, G. Hamoniaux, Philippe Rousseau, Francois Salin, Jean-Paul Chambaret, Andre Antonetti

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Proceedings Volume 2701, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses III; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239725
Event: Photonics West '96, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate a femtosecond laser chain that generates 20 TW at 10 Hz in less than 50 fs with focused intensities higher than 3 X 10¹⁹ W/cm². This system is optimized for a broad transmission bandwidth and includes an aberration-free stretcher compressor.

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Catherine Le Blanc, P. Curley, G. Cheriaux, G. Darpentigny, G. Hamoniaux, Philippe Rousseau, Francois Salin, Jean-Paul Chambaret, and Andre Antonetti "Amplification of femtosecond pulses up to 29 TW at 10 Hz in Ti:sapphire", Proc. SPIE 2701, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses III, (8 May 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239725

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