Petawatt Femtosecond Laser Pulses from Titanium-Doped Sapphire Crystal

Hiromitsu Kiriyama; Alexander S. Pirozhkov; Mamiko Nishiuchi; Yuji Fukuda; Akito Sagisaka; Akira Kon; Yasuhiro Miyasaka; Koichi Ogura; Nicholas P. Dover; Kotaro Kondo; Hironao Sakaki; James K. Koga; Timur Zh. Esirkepov; Kai Huang; Nobuhiko Nakanii; Masaki Kando; Kiminori Kondo; Stefan Bock; Tim Ziegler; Thomas Püschel; Karl Zeil; Ulrich Schramm

doi:10.3390/cryst10090783

Crystals (Sep 2020)

Petawatt Femtosecond Laser Pulses from Titanium-Doped Sapphire Crystal

Hiromitsu Kiriyama,
Alexander S. Pirozhkov,
Mamiko Nishiuchi,
Yuji Fukuda,
Akito Sagisaka,
Akira Kon,
Yasuhiro Miyasaka,
Koichi Ogura,
Nicholas P. Dover,
Kotaro Kondo,
Hironao Sakaki,
James K. Koga,
Timur Zh. Esirkepov,
Kai Huang,
Nobuhiko Nakanii,
Masaki Kando,
Kiminori Kondo,
Stefan Bock,
Tim Ziegler,
Thomas Püschel,
Karl Zeil,
Ulrich Schramm

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Hiromitsu Kiriyama: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Alexander S. Pirozhkov: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Mamiko Nishiuchi: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Yuji Fukuda: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Akito Sagisaka: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Akira Kon: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Yasuhiro Miyasaka: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Koichi Ogura: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Nicholas P. Dover: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Kotaro Kondo: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Hironao Sakaki: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
James K. Koga: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Timur Zh. Esirkepov: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Kai Huang: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Nobuhiko Nakanii: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Masaki Kando: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Kiminori Kondo: Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
Stefan Bock: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstra.e 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
Tim Ziegler: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstra.e 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
Thomas Püschel: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstra.e 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
Karl Zeil: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstra.e 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
Ulrich Schramm: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstra.e 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10090783
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 9
p. 783

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Ultra-high intensity femtosecond lasers have now become excellent scientific tools for the study of extreme material states in small-scale laboratory settings. The invention of chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) combined with titanium-doped sapphire (Ti:sapphire) crystals have enabled realization of such lasers. The pursuit of ultra-high intensity science and applications is driving worldwide development of new capabilities. A petawatt (PW = 1015 W), femtosecond (fs = 10−15 s), repetitive (0.1 Hz), high beam quality J-KAREN-P (Japan Kansai Advanced Relativistic ENgineering Petawatt) Ti:sapphire CPA laser has been recently constructed and used for accelerating charged particles (ions and electrons) and generating coherent and incoherent ultra-short-pulse, high-energy photon (X-ray) radiation. Ultra-high intensities of 1022 W/cm2 with high temporal contrast of 10−12 and a minimal number of pre-pulses on target has been demonstrated with the J-KAREN-P laser. Here, worldwide ultra-high intensity laser development is summarized, the output performance and spatiotemporal quality improvement of the J-KAREN-P laser are described, and some experimental results are briefly introduced.

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ISSN: 2073-4352 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry: Crystallography
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/crystals/

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