• Advanced Photonics Nexus
  • Vol. 2, Issue 6, 066009 (2023)
Yanqi Liu1、2、†, Keyang Liu1、3, Zhaoyang Li1、2、*, Yuxin Leng1、*, and Ruxin Li1、2、4、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai, China
  • 2Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai, China
  • 3Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Center for Attosecond Science and Technology, Xi’an, China
  • 4ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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    DOI: 10.1117/1.APN.2.6.066009 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yanqi Liu, Keyang Liu, Zhaoyang Li, Yuxin Leng, Ruxin Li. Coherently tiled Ti:sapphire laser amplification: a way to break the 10 petawatt limit on current ultraintense lasers[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2023, 2(6): 066009 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    After reaching a world record of 10 PW, the peak power development of the titanium-sapphire (Ti:sapphire) PW ultraintense lasers has hit a bottleneck, and it seems to be difficult to continue increasing due to the difficulty of manufacturing larger Ti:sapphire crystals and the limitation of parasitic lasing that can consume stored pump energy. Unlike coherent beam combining, coherent Ti:sapphire tiling is a viable solution for expanding Ti:sapphire crystal sizes, truncating transverse amplified spontaneous emission, suppressing parasitic lasing, and, importantly, not requiring complex space-time tiling control. A theoretical analysis of the above features and an experimental demonstration of high-quality laser amplification are reported. The results show that the addition of a 2 × 2 tiled Ti:sapphire amplifier to today’s 10 PW ultraintense laser is a viable technique to break the 10 PW limit and directly increase the highest peak power recorded by a factor of 4, further approaching the exawatt class.
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    Yanqi Liu, Keyang Liu, Zhaoyang Li, Yuxin Leng, Ruxin Li. Coherently tiled Ti:sapphire laser amplification: a way to break the 10 petawatt limit on current ultraintense lasers[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2023, 2(6): 066009
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