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Ultra-high intensity- 300-TW laser at 0.1 Hz repetition rate

V. Yanovsky, V. Chvykov, G. Kalinchenko, Philippe Rousseau, T. Planchon, Takeshi Matsuoka, A. Maksimchuk, J. Nees, G. Chériaux, G. Mourou,

Optics Express · 2008 · 697 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

We demonstrate the highest intensity - 300 TW laser by developing booster amplifying stage to the 50-TW-Ti:sapphire laser (HERCULES). To our knowledge this is the first multi-100TW-scale laser at 0.1 Hz repetition rate.

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