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Well characterized 1019W cm2 operation of VULCAN—an ultra-high power Nd:glass laser

Abstract Peak intensities of 1019 W cm2 have been reliably obtained from a high power Nd:glass laser using chirped pulse amplification. An Additive Pulse Modelocked oscillator incorporating diode pumped Nd:LMA was used to generate the sub-picosecond pulse. The focal spot intensity distribution has been characterized in detail showing a three times diffraction limited beam.

Michael H. Key | A. R. Damerell | Colin N. Danson | Peter A. Norreys | M. Trentelman | Chris Edwards | Trevor Winstone | W. T. Toner | R. W. W. Wyatt | D. Neely | I. N. Ross | Philip F. Taday | L. J. Barzanti | F. N. Walsh | D. A. Pepler | P. Norreys | P. Taday | D. Neely | M. Key | T. Winstone | C. Danson | I. Ross | J. Collier | M. Hutchinson | D. Pepler | R. Wyatt | F. Walsh | C. Edwards | John Collier | M. H. R. Hutchinson | W. Toner | M. Trentelman | A. Damerell

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