Laser beam wavefront correction for ultra high intensities with the 200 TW laser system at the advanced laser light source

S Fourmaux; S Payeur; A Alexandrov; C Serbanescu; F Martin; T Ozaki; A Kudryashov; J C Kieffer

doi:10.1364/oe.16.011987

Laser beam wavefront correction for ultra high intensities with the 200 TW laser system at the advanced laser light source

Opt Express. 2008 Aug 4;16(16):11987-94. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.011987.

Authors

S Fourmaux¹, S Payeur, A Alexandrov, C Serbanescu, F Martin, T Ozaki, A Kudryashov, J C Kieffer

Affiliation

¹ INRS-EMT, Université du Québec, 1650 Lionel Boulet, Varennes J3X1S2, Québec, Canada. [email protected]

PMID: 18679471
DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.011987

Abstract

We successfully implemented laser beam wavefront correction on the 200 TW laser system at the Advanced Laser Light Source. Ultra high intensities in excess of 10(20) W/cm(2) have been demonstrated. This system is, to our knowledge, the first 100 TW class laser to combine simultaneously ultra high intensity, 10(9) laser pulse contrast ratio and 10 Hz high repetition rate.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Artifacts*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Lasers*
Lenses*
Lighting / instrumentation*
Refractometry / instrumentation*