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Generation of focused intensities of 5 × 1019 Wcm−2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

C.N. DANSON ,
R. ALLOTT ,
G. BOOTH ,
J. COLLIER ,
C.B. EDWARDS ,
P.S. FLINTOFF ,
S.J. HAWKES ,
M.H.R. HUTCHINSON ,
C. HERNANDEZ-GOMEZ  and
J. LEACH
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C.N. DANSON
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
R. ALLOTT
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
G. BOOTH
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
J. COLLIER
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
C.B. EDWARDS
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
P.S. FLINTOFF
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
S.J. HAWKES
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
M.H.R. HUTCHINSON
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
C. HERNANDEZ-GOMEZ
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
J. LEACH
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
D. NEELY
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
P. NORREYS
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
M. NOTLEY
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
D.A. PEPLER
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
I.N. ROSS
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
J.A. WALCZAK
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
T.B. WINSTONE
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
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Abstract

The technique of Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) developed by Strickland and Mourou (1985) is now in common use on many laser systems [see, for instance, the review by Perry & Mourou (1994)] and has resulted in massive increases in focused intensities. This paper describes CPA implementation on the Vulcan laser system which has generated multi-Joule sub-picosecond pulses whilst maintaining beam quality to produce focused intensities of 5 × 1019 Wcm−2.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 341 - 347
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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