Laser amplification system
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1. A method of using a laser, the method comprising:
- (a) emitting a high peak intensity laser beam pulse;
(b) introducing at least one minimal correlation phase function into the high peak intensity pulse spanning a spectrum of the pulse without symmetry; and
(c) amplifying the pulse substantially without pre-chirping and without damage to an amplifier.
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Abstract
A high peak intensity laser amplification system and the method therein implemented are provided. In a first aspect of the invention, the laser system includes at least one optical member (27) operably introducing a phase function into a high peak intensity laser pulse (25). A further aspect includes introducing destructive interference in an unchirped laser pulse prior to amplification and reconstructive interference in the output laser pulse after amplification. Dynamic pulse shaping is employed in another aspect of the present invention.
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1. A method of using a laser, the method comprising:
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(a) emitting a high peak intensity laser beam pulse; (b) introducing at least one minimal correlation phase function into the high peak intensity pulse spanning a spectrum of the pulse without symmetry; and (c) amplifying the pulse substantially without pre-chirping and without damage to an amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of using a laser, the method comprising:
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(a) shaping a high peak intensity laser beam pulse, which is substantially unchirped, with a minimal correlation binary phase function without symmetry; (b) amplifying the pulse after step (a); and (c) shaping the amplified pulse with a substantially identical minimal correlation binary phase function. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A laser system comprising:
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a laser oscillator emitting a high peak intensity laser pulse; at least one optical member introducing a phase function into the high peak intensity laser pulse to suppress nonlinear optical processes in the pulse; and an amplifier amplifying the high peak intensity laser pulse which is substantially unchirped prior to the amplification, the amplifier being located downstream of the optical member; the at least one optical member introducing the same phase function to the high peak intensity laser pulse after amplification. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A laser system comprising:
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a substantially unchirped laser pulse having a duration of less than 10picoseconds; at least one pulse shaper introducing a minimal correlation binary phase function into the pulse; and an amplifier amplifying the unchirped pulse after the introduction of the phase function; the at least one pulse shaper neutralizing the minimal correlation binary phase function of the unchirped pulse after the amplification. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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