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High-contrast terawatt chirped-pulse-amplification laser that uses a 1-ps Nd:glass oscillator

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Abstract

We have developed a fiberless 1-TW all-Nd:glass chirped-pulse-amplification laser system that uses high-contrast 0.8–1.4-ps pulses produced directly from a Nd:glass feedback-controlled oscillator. Employing grating-only expansion and compression, the system produces clean (~107 contrast ratio) 1-J, 1–1.4-ps recompressed pulses without added pulse cleaning. Clean microjoule-energy pulses from the oscillator require less subsequent amplification than cw oscillator schemes, thereby minimizing gain–bandwidth narrowing and offering improved contrast with amplified stimulated emission background.

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