Extreme Photonics Applications Centre: High Energy DPSSL Pump for a 10 Hz PW-level Laser

Agnieszka M. Wojtusiak*, Jonathan Phillips, Jodie Smith, Paul Mason, Mariastefania De Vido, Thomas Butcher, Cristina Hernandez-Gomez, Chris Edwards, John Collier

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Abstract

The Extreme Photonics Applications Centre is an upcoming state-of-the-art research facility under construction at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the United Kingdom. It will deliver petawatt pulses at an unprecedented rate of 10 Hz, made possible by pumping titanium-doped sapphire gain medium with a diode-pumped solid state laser (DPSSL) based on the Central Laser Facility’s cryogenic DiPOLE technology. We will briefly present the DPSSL pump design and its incorporation into the wider PW system, reporting on the most up-to-date commissioning status and results of the DPSSL pump laser, which is on target to be fully commissioned by summer 2023.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHigh-Power, High-Energy Lasers and Ultrafast Optical Technologies
EditorsPavel Bakule, Constantin L. Haefner, Joachim Hein, Thomas J. Butcher
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510662742
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Jun 2023
EventHigh-Power, High-Energy Lasers and Ultrafast Optical Technologies 2023 - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 24 Apr 202326 Apr 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE
Volume12577
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceHigh-Power, High-Energy Lasers and Ultrafast Optical Technologies 2023
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period24/04/2326/04/23

Keywords

  • DPSSL
  • high average power
  • high energy
  • multi-slab amplifier

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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