Terawatt picosecond CO2 lasers and applications

M. Babzien; I. V. Pogorelsky; I. Ben-Zvi; J. Skaritka; I. K. Meskovsky

Terawatt picosecond CO₂ lasers and applications

M. Babzien
, I. V. Pogorelsky
, I. Ben-Zvi
, J. Skaritka
, I. K. Meskovsky

Physics and Astronomy

Stony Brook University

Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Abstract

The development of a terawatt CO₂ laser will consist of a TEA oscillator, semiconductor slicing system driven by a picosecond pulse Nd:YAG laser, and a high pressure amplifier. Variable duration pulses may be sliced from the nanosecond oscillator output, TE discharge amplifier module with a regenerative cavity and internal multipass optics. Because the pressure broadening at 10 atmosphere provides a gain spectrum of 1 THz, pulses as short as 1 ps may be amplified to high powers. The ultimate limit in delivered energy will be the damage threshold of the 10 cm diameter windows which is approximately 50 J.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	388
Number of pages	1
Journal	Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS
Volume	11
State	Published - 1997
Event	Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Baltimore, MD, USA Duration: May 18 1997 → May 23 1997

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Terawatt picosecond CO₂ lasers and applications

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