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High Power Laser Science and Engineering
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Colin Danson, Jianqiang Zhu
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Contents
2021
Volume: 9 Issue 4
19 Article(s)
HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS AND HIGH POWER LASERS
High Energy Density Physics and High Power Lasers
High-intensity laser-driven secondary radiation sources using the ZEUS 45 TW laser system at the Institute of Plasma Physics and Lasers of the Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Centre
E. L. Clark... A. Grigoriadis, S. Petrakis, I. Tazes, G. Andrianaki, A. Skoulakis, Y. Orphanos, E. Kaselouris, I. Fitilis, J. Chatzakis, E. Bakarezos, V. Dimitriou, E. P. Benis, N. A. Papadogiannis and M. Tatarakis|Show fewer author(s)

The rapid development of high-intensity laser-generated particle and photon secondary sources has attracted widespread interest during the last 20 years not only due to fundamental science research but also because of the importan

High Power Laser Science and Engineering
Oct. 26, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e53 (2021)
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    High Energy Density Physics and High Power Lasers
    2-kW-level superfluorescent fiber source with flexible wavelength and linewidth tunable characteristics
    Jun Ye... Chenchen Fan, Jiangming Xu, Hu Xiao, Jinyong Leng and Pu Zhou|Show fewer author(s)

    The superfluorescent fiber source (SFS) with tunable optical spectrum has shown great application potential in the sensing, imaging, and spectral combination. Here, we demonstrate for the first time a 2-kW-level wavelength and lin

    High Power Laser Science and Engineering
    Nov. 03, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e55 (2021)
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    High Energy Density Physics and High Power Lasers
    Static and dynamic mode evolution in high-power distributed side-coupled cladding-pumped fiber amplifiers
    Rumao Tao... Yu Liu, Lianghua Xie, Cong Gao, Min Li, Benjian Shen, Shan Huang, Honghuan Lin, Jianjun Wang and Feng Jing|Show fewer author(s)

    We present a theoretical study of mode evolution in high-power distributed side-coupled cladding-pumped (DSCCP) fiber amplifiers. A semi-analytical model taking the side-pumping schemes, transverse mode competition, and stimulated

    High Power Laser Science and Engineering
    Nov. 17, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e58 (2021)
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    High Energy Density Physics and High Power Lasers
    Enhancement of pre-pulse and picosecond pedestal contrast of the petawatt J-KAREN-P laser
    Hiromitsu Kiriyama... Yasuhiro Miyasaka, Akira Kon, Mamiko Nishiuchi, Akito Sagisaka, Hajime Sasao, Alexander S. Pirozhkov, Yuji Fukuda, Koichi Ogura, Kotaro Kondo, Nicholas P. Dover and Masaki Kando|Show fewer author(s)

    We have experimentally improved the temporal contrast of the petawatt J-KAREN-P laser facility. We have investigated how the generation of pre-pulses by post-pulses changes due to the temporal overlap between the stretched pulse a

    High Power Laser Science and Engineering
    Nov. 23, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e62 (2021)
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    High Energy Density Physics and High Power Lasers
    MTW-OPAL: a technology development platform for ultra-intense optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification systemsOn the Cover
    J. Bromage... S.-W. Bahk, M. Bedzyk, I. A. Begishev, S. Bucht, C. Dorrer, C. Feng, C. Jeon, C. Mileham, R. G. Roides, K. Shaughnessy, M. J. Shoup, M. Spilatro, B. Webb, D. Weiner and J. D. Zuegel|Show fewer author(s)

    Optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification implemented using multikilojoule Nd:glass pump lasers is a promising approach for producing ultra-intense pulses (>1023 W/cm2). We report on the MTW-OPAL Laser System, an optical para

    High Power Laser Science and Engineering
    Nov. 26, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e63 (2021)
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    High Energy Density Physics and High Power Lasers
    Transient electromagnetic fields generated in experiments at the PHELIX laser facility
    M. Scisciò... F. Consoli, M. Salvadori, N. E. Andreev, N. G. Borisenko, S. Zähter and O. Rosmej|Show fewer author(s)

    Large-amplitude electromagnetic radiofrequency fields are created by the charge-separation induced in interactions of high-intensity, short-pulse lasers with solid targets and have intensity that decreases with the distance from t

    High Power Laser Science and Engineering
    Dec. 22, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e64 (2021)
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    XFELS
    XFELs
    Overview of SwissFEL dual-photocathode laser capabilities and perspectives for exotic FEL modes
    S. Bettoni... A. Cavalieri, A. Dax, E. Divall, C. P. Hauri, S. Hunziker, M. Huppert, M. Kaiser, M. Paraliev, C. Sydlo, C. Vicario and A. Trisorio|Show fewer author(s)

    SwissFEL is a compact, high-brilliance, soft and hard X-ray free electron laser (FEL) facility that started user operation in 2019. The facility is composed of two parallel beam lines seeded by a common linear accelerator (LINAC),

    High Power Laser Science and Engineering
    Feb. 23, 2022
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e51 (2021)
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    XFELs
    Free electron lasers driven by plasma accelerators: status and near-term prospects
    C. Emma... J. Van Tilborg, R. Assmann, S. Barber, A. Cianchi, S. Corde, M. E. Couprie, R. D’Arcy, M. Ferrario, A. F. Habib, B. Hidding, M. J. Hogan, C. B. Schroeder, A. Marinelli, M. Labat, R. Li, J. Liu, A. Loulergue, J. Osterhoff, A. R. Maier, B. W. J. McNeil and W. Wang|Show fewer author(s)

    Owing to their ultra-high accelerating gradients, combined with injection inside micrometer-scale accelerating wakefield buckets, plasma-based accelerators hold great potential to drive a new generation of free-electron lasers (FE

    High Power Laser Science and Engineering
    Mar. 04, 2022
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e57 (2021)
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    XFELs
    ReLaX: the Helmholtz International Beamline for Extreme Fields high-intensity short-pulse laser driver for relativistic laser–matter interaction and strong-field science using the high energy density instrument at the European X-ray free electron laser facility
    A. Laso Garcia... H. Höppner, A. Pelka, C. Bähtz, E. Brambrink, S. Di Dio Cafiso, J. Dreyer, S. Göde, M. Hassan, T. Kluge, J. Liu, M. Makita, D. Möller, M. Nakatsutsumi, T. R. Preston, G. Priebe, H.-P. Schlenvoigt, J.-P. Schwinkendorf, M. Šmíd, A.-M. Talposi, M. Toncian, U. Zastrau, U. Schramm, T. E. Cowan and T. Toncian|Show fewer author(s)

    High-energy and high-intensity lasers are essential for pushing the boundaries of science. Their development has allowed leaps forward in basic research areas, including laser–plasma interaction, high-energy density science, metro

    High Power Laser Science and Engineering
    Feb. 23, 2022
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e59 (2021)
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    XFELs
    The seed laser system of the FERMI free-electron laser: design, performance and near future upgrades
    P. Cinquegrana... A. Demidovich, G. Kurdi, I. Nikolov, P. Sigalotti, P. Susnjar and M. B. Danailov|Show fewer author(s)

    An important trend in extreme ultraviolet and soft X-ray free-electron laser (FEL) development in recent years has been the use of seeding by an external laser, aimed to improve the coherence and stability of the generated pulses.

    High Power Laser Science and Engineering
    Feb. 23, 2022
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e61 (2021)
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    XFELs
    Coherent optical vortex generation with multiple topological charges based on a seeded free electron laser
    Hao Sun... Xiaofan Wang, Chao Feng, Lingjun Tu, Weijie Fan and Bo Liu|Show fewer author(s)

    To generate optical vortex with multiple topological charges, a simple scheme based on the phase mask shaping technique is proposed and applied in a seeded free electron laser. With a tailored phase mask, an extreme-ultraviolet (E

    High Power Laser Science and Engineering
    Dec. 30, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e65 (2021)
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    XFELs
    Compact and robust supercontinuum generation and post-compression using multiple thin plates
    Xinhua Xie... Yunpei Deng and Steven L. Johnson|Show fewer author(s)

    We report on compact and robust supercontinuum generation and post-compression using transmission of light through multiple thin solid plates at the SwissFEL X-ray free-electron laser facility. A single stage consisting of three t

    High Power Laser Science and Engineering
    Dec. 22, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e66 (2021)
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    Research Articles
    202 W dual-end-pumped Tm:YLF laser with a VBG as an output coupler
    Disheng Wei... Shuyi Mi, Ke Yang, Junhui Li, Jinwen Tang, Baoquan Yao, Tongyu Dai and Xiaoming Duan|Show fewer author(s)

    We demonstrated a 202 W Tm:YLF slab laser using a reflecting volume Bragg grating (VBG) as an output coupler at room temperature. Two kinds of active heat dissipation methods were used for the VBG to suppress the shift of waveleng

    Oct. 14, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e48 (2021)
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    Recent progress of laboratory astrophysics with intense lasers
    Hideaki Takabe, and Yasuhiro Kuramitsu

    Thanks to a rapid progress of high-power lasers since the birth of laser by T. H. Maiman in 1960, intense lasers have been developed mainly for studying the scientific feasibility of laser fusion. Inertial confinement fusion with

    Oct. 18, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e49 (2021)
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    Power-scalable sub-100-fs Tm laser at 2.08 μm
    Li Wang... Weidong Chen, Yongguang Zhao, Hanlin Yang, Wei Jing, Zhongben Pan, Hui Huang, Jiachen Liu, Ji Eun Bae, Fabian Rotermund, Pavel Loiko, Xavier Mateos, Zhengping Wang, Xinguang Xu, Uwe Griebner and Valentin Petrov|Show fewer author(s)

    We report on a power-scalable sub-100-fs laser in the 2-μm spectral range using a Tm3+-doped ‘mixed’ (Lu,Sc)2O3 sesquioxide ceramic as an active medium. Pulses as short as 58 fs at 2076 nm with an average output power of 114 mW at

    Oct. 22, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e50 (2021)
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    An evaluation of sustainability and societal impact of high-power laser and fusion technologies: a case for a new European research infrastructure
    S. Atzeni... D. Batani, C. N. Danson, L. A. Gizzi, M. Perlado, M. Tatarakis, V. Tikhonchuk and L. Volpe|Show fewer author(s)

    Fusion energy research is delivering impressive new results emerging from different infrastructures and industrial devices evolving rapidly from ideas to proof-of-principle demonstration and aiming at the conceptual design of reac

    Oct. 29, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e52 (2021)
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    Use of KDP crystal as a Kerr nonlinear medium for compressing PW laser pulses down to 10 fsEditors' Pick
    Andrey Shaykin... Vladislav Ginzburg, Ivan Yakovlev, Anton Kochetkov, Alexey Kuzmin, Sergey Mironov, Ilya Shaikin, Sergey Stukachev, Vladimir Lozhkarev, Artem Prokhorov and Efim Khazanov|Show fewer author(s)

    The input pulse of the laser PEARL with energy of 18 J and pulse duration of about 60 fs was compressed to 10 fs after passage through a 4-mm-thick KDP crystal and reflection at two chirped mirrors with sum dispersion of -200 fs2.

    Oct. 26, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e54 (2021)
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    Laser scaling for generation of megatesla magnetic fields by microtube implosions
    D. Shokov... M. Murakami and J. J. Honrubia|Show fewer author(s)

    Microtube implosions are a novel scheme to generate ultrahigh magnetic fields of the megatesla order. These implosions are driven by ultraintense and ultrashort laser pulses. Using two- and three-dimensional particle simulations w

    Nov. 18, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e56 (2021)
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    Observation and modelling of stimulated Raman scattering driven by an optically smoothed laser beam in experimental conditions relevant for shock ignition
    G. Cristoforetti... S. Hüller, P. Koester, L. Antonelli, S. Atzeni, F. Baffigi, D. Batani, C. Baird, N. Booth, M. Galimberti, K. Glize, A. Héron, M. Khan, P. Loiseau, D. Mancelli, M. Notley, P. Oliveira, O. Renner, M. Smid, A. Schiavi, G. Tran, N. C. Woolsey and L. A. Gizzi|Show fewer author(s)

    We report results and modelling of an experiment performed at the Target Area West Vulcan laser facility, aimed at investigating laser–plasma interaction in conditions that are of interest for the shock ignition scheme in inertial

    Dec. 17, 2021
  • Vol. 9 Issue 4 04000e60 (2021)
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