Development of Petawatt laser amplification systems at the Central Laser Facility

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Title	Development of Petawatt laser amplification systems at the Central Laser Facility
Contributors	V Panchenko (Ed.), O Checkhlov, EJ Divall (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), K Ertel (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), SJ Hawkes (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), CJ Hooker (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), IN Ross (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), P Matousek (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), C Hernandez-Gomez (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), I Musgrave, Y Tang, T Winstone (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), D Neely (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), R Clarke (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), P Foster (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), SJ Hancock (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), BE Wyborn (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), JL Collier (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), V Golubev (Ed.), A Ionin (Ed.), A Chumakov (Ed.)
Abstract	We describe two development projects: Astra-Gemini: a Petawatt class system based Ti: Sapphire amplifiers and a 10 PW upgrade for the Vulcan laser. The design concepts, features of the optical design of amplifiers and compressors are presented. Radial delay compensation techniques used for a 3-x beam expander are discussed.
Organisation	CLF , CLF-HPL , CLF-ASTRA , STFC
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Language	English (EN)

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Journal Article	Proc SPIE 6735, no. 1 (2007): 67350J. Is in proceedings of: International Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies 2007 (ICONO/LAT), Minsk, Belarus, 28 May 2007 - 1 Jun 2007.	doi:10.1117/12.753222	SPIE _PROC_2007_6735-17 (2).pdf	2007