High-power Nd:glass laser transmission through optical fibers and its use in acceleration of thin foil targets
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 67 (7) , 3297-3301
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.345364
Abstract
Measurements on commercially available fused silica fibers and fiber tapers have shown that Nd:glass laser pulses of irradiance >3.5 GW cm−2 can be transmitted without bulk or surface damage. Optical energy at the fiber output can be used for efficient acceleration of thin metal foils. For 0.025-mm-thick aluminum coupled to a 0.2-mm-diam fiber, target foil velocities up to 2.3 km s−1 have been achieved with very modest laser energies (<25 mJ).This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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