The Vulcan Petawatt interaction facility

The Vulvan Nd:glass laser at the Central Laser Facility (CLF) has recently been upgraded to the Petawatt level (1015 Watts). The three year upgrade project was contracted to deliver 500 J in a near diffraction limited pulse of 500 fs duration. The Petawatt facility will deliver an irradiance on targ...

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Main Authors: Edwards, C, Aldis, J, Allott, R, Brummit, P, Collier, J, Clark, R, Danson, C, Day, R, Dominey, M, Eltham, B, Frackiewicz, A, Govans, J, Gray, B, Hancock, S, Hatton, P, Hawkes, S, Heathcote, C, Hernandez-Gomez, C, Holligan, P, Hooker, C, Hutchinson, M, Jackson, A, Kidd, A, Knott, T, Lester, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002