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The first terawatt picosecond CO2 laser for advanced accelerator studies at the Brookhaven ATF

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The first terawatt picosecond C02 laser system is under development at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility. Presently operational 1 Joule 100-ps ATF laser will be upgraded with a 10 atm amplifier capable of delivery ∼ 15 Joules of laser energy in a 3 ps pulse. We describe the design of the x-ray preionized 10 atm amplifier of a 10 liter active volume energized by a 1 MV, 200 kA transverse electric discharge. The amplifier, equipped with internal optics, permits the accommodation of a regenerative stage and a multi-pass booster in a relatively compact single discharge volume. The ATF terawatt C02 laser shall become operational in 1997 to serve for laser acceleration, x-ray generation and other strong-field physics experiments

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Also available from OSTI as DE97001525; NTIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
10 p.
Report number
BNL--63650

Conference

Title
7. workshop on advanced accelerator concepts.
Dates
12-18 Oct 1996.
Place
Lake Tahoe, CA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28059388
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MODIFICATIONS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PULSES; TESTING; TIME RESOLUTION; USES
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; AMPLIFIERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; GAS LASERS; LASERS; RESOLUTION; TIMING PROPERTIES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC02-76CH00016
Funding organization
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States).
Secondary number(s)
CONF-9610210--1.