Focused intensities of 1020 Wcm-2 with the upgraded Vulcan CPA interaction facility

Colin N. Danson; Ric M. Allott; S. Angood; G. Booth; J. L. Collier; A. R. Damerell; Christopher B. Edwards; P. S. Flintoff; J. Govans; S. Hancock; P. Hatton; S. J. Hawkes; M. H. R. Hutchinson; Michael H. Key; C. Hernandez-Gomez; John Leach; W. Lester; David Neely; Peter A. Norreys; M. M. Notley; David A. Pepler; C. J. Reason; D. A. Rodkiss; Ian N. Ross; W. T. Toner; M. Trentelman; J. A. Walczak; R. A. Wellstood; T. B. Winstone; R. W. W. Wyatt; B. E. Wyborn

doi:10.1117/12.354151

23 July 1999 Focused intensities of 10²⁰ Wcm^-2with the upgraded Vulcan CPA interaction facility

Colin N. Danson, Ric M. Allott, S. Angood, G. Booth, J. L. Collier, A. R. Damerell, Christopher B. Edwards, P. S. Flintoff, J. Govans, S. Hancock, P. Hatton, S. J. Hawkes, M. H. R. Hutchinson, Michael H. Key, C. Hernandez-Gomez, John Leach, W. Lester, David Neely, Peter A. Norreys, M. M. Notley, David A. Pepler, C. J. Reason, D. A. Rodkiss, Ian N. Ross, W. T. Toner, M. Trentelman, J. A. Walczak, R. A. Wellstood, T. B. Winstone, R. W. W. Wyatt, B. E. Wyborn

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Proceedings Volume 3492, Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354151
Event: Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, 1998, Monterey, CA, United States

Abstract

There has been considerable interest in the last 10 years in the physics of ultra-high power laser interactions. With all high power lasers such as Vulcan there is a limit to the energy that can be extracted from laser amplifiers at short pulse-lengths due to the intensity dependent non-linear refractive index. The technique of Chirped Pulse Amplification has overcome the classic limit and has resulted in massive increases in focused intensity. The large increase in on target intensity is achieved by a substantial, usually orders of magnitude, reduction in pulse duration while at the same time maintaining comparable pulse energy and focusability.

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Colin N. Danson, Ric M. Allott, S. Angood, G. Booth, J. L. Collier, A. R. Damerell, Christopher B. Edwards, P. S. Flintoff, J. Govans, S. Hancock, P. Hatton, S. J. Hawkes, M. H. R. Hutchinson, Michael H. Key, C. Hernandez-Gomez, John Leach, W. Lester, David Neely, Peter A. Norreys, M. M. Notley, David A. Pepler, C. J. Reason, D. A. Rodkiss, Ian N. Ross, W. T. Toner, M. Trentelman, J. A. Walczak, R. A. Wellstood, T. B. Winstone, R. W. W. Wyatt, and B. E. Wyborn "Focused intensities of 10²⁰ Wcm^-2with the upgraded Vulcan CPA interaction facility", Proc. SPIE 3492, Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, (23 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354151

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