With the latest configuration,the Ti:Sa laser system ARCTURUS(Düsseldorf University,Germany)operates with a double-chirped pulse amplification(CPA)architecture delivering pulses with an energy of 7 J before compr...With the latest configuration,the Ti:Sa laser system ARCTURUS(Düsseldorf University,Germany)operates with a double-chirped pulse amplification(CPA)architecture delivering pulses with an energy of 7 J before compression in each of the two high-power beams.By the implementation of a plasma mirror system,the intrinsic laser contrast is enhanced up to 10^-12 on a time scale of hundreds of picoseconds,before the main peak.The laser system has been used in various configurations for advanced experiments and different studies have been carried out employing the high-power laser beams as a single,high-intensity interaction beam(I≈1020 W/cm^2),in dual-and multi-beam configurations or in a pump–probe arrangement.展开更多
基金supported by the DFG Transregio SFB/TR18 and GRK 1203 programs
文摘With the latest configuration,the Ti:Sa laser system ARCTURUS(Düsseldorf University,Germany)operates with a double-chirped pulse amplification(CPA)architecture delivering pulses with an energy of 7 J before compression in each of the two high-power beams.By the implementation of a plasma mirror system,the intrinsic laser contrast is enhanced up to 10^-12 on a time scale of hundreds of picoseconds,before the main peak.The laser system has been used in various configurations for advanced experiments and different studies have been carried out employing the high-power laser beams as a single,high-intensity interaction beam(I≈1020 W/cm^2),in dual-and multi-beam configurations or in a pump–probe arrangement.