• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 3, Issue 1, 010000e3 (2015)
Colin Danson1, David Hillier1, Nicholas Hopps1, and and David Neely2
Author Affiliations
  • 1AWE, Aldermaston, Reading RG7 4PR, UK
  • 2STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2014.52 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Colin Danson, David Hillier, Nicholas Hopps, and David Neely. Petawatt class lasers worldwide[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2015, 3(1): 010000e3 Copy Citation Text show less
    Inside the pulse compressor of the NOVA Petawatt – the first petawatt class laser worldwide (picture courtesy of LLNL).
    Fig. 1. Inside the pulse compressor of the NOVA Petawatt – the first petawatt class laser worldwide (picture courtesy of LLNL).
    The Vulcan Petawatt Target Hall (picture courtesy of STFC).
    Fig. 2. The Vulcan Petawatt Target Hall (picture courtesy of STFC).
    One of the Orion pulse compressor gratings (picture courtesy of AWE).
    Fig. 3. One of the Orion pulse compressor gratings (picture courtesy of AWE).
    Omega EP beamlines (picture courtesy of LLE).
    Fig. 4. Omega EP beamlines (picture courtesy of LLE).
    The Gekko XII and LFEX lasers at ILE, University of Osaka, Japan (picture courtesy of Osaka University).
    Fig. 5. The Gekko XII and LFEX lasers at ILE, University of Osaka, Japan (picture courtesy of Osaka University).
    A technician inside the NIF target chamber (picture courtesy of LLNL).
    Fig. 6. A technician inside the NIF target chamber (picture courtesy of LLNL).
    The LMJ facility in Bordeaux, France (picture courtesy of CEA).
    Fig. 7. The LMJ facility in Bordeaux, France (picture courtesy of CEA).
    The first Ti:sapphire petawatt class laser facility J-KAREN, Japan (picture courtesy of JAEA).
    Fig. 8. The first Ti:sapphire petawatt class laser facility J-KAREN, Japan (picture courtesy of JAEA).
    The APRI Petawatt Facility at GIST, South Korea (picture courtesy of GIST).
    Fig. 9. The APRI Petawatt Facility at GIST, South Korea (picture courtesy of GIST).
    BELLA, the highest repetition rate petawatt class laser in the world (picture courtesy of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).
    Fig. 10. BELLA, the highest repetition rate petawatt class laser in the world (picture courtesy of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).
    The SIOM OPCPA Qiangguang 10 PW laser facility (picture courtesy of SIOM).
    Fig. 11. The SIOM OPCPA Qiangguang 10 PW laser facility (picture courtesy of SIOM).
    The final amplifier of POLARIS (picture courtesy of Helmholtz Institute).
    Fig. 12. The final amplifier of POLARIS (picture courtesy of Helmholtz Institute).
    Artist’s impression of the ELI-Beamlines building (picture courtesy of ELI).
    Fig. 13. Artist’s impression of the ELI-Beamlines building (picture courtesy of ELI).
    Colin Danson, David Hillier, Nicholas Hopps, and David Neely. Petawatt class lasers worldwide[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2015, 3(1): 010000e3
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