Generation of 1011 contrast 50 TW laser pulses

V. Chvykov; P. Rousseau; S. Reed; G. Kalinchenko; V. Yanovsky

doi:10.1364/OL.31.001456

Generation of 10¹¹ contrast 50 TW laser pulses

V. Chvykov
, P. Rousseau
, S. Reed
, G. Kalinchenko
, V. Yanovsky

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Abstract

We demonstrate what we believe to be the highest-contrast (10¹¹), multiterawatt, chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) Ti:sapphire laser by applying the modified cross-polarized-wave (XPW) generation method. This method produces a contrast improvement of 3 orders of magnitude using microjoule input energy. Microjoule energy can be achieved by direct amplification without the complications of a double CPA system. The 1011 contrast is sufficient for experiments on high-damage-threshold solid targets with focused intensities up to 10²² W/cm².

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1456-1458
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	31
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.001456
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2006
Externally published	Yes

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