Canadian TeraWatt portable laser

Marc Châteauneuf; Jacques Dubois

doi:10.1117/12.689996

29 September 2006 Canadian TeraWatt portable laser

Marc Châteauneuf, Jacques Dubois

Proceedings Volume 6400, Femtosecond Phenomena and Nonlinear Optics III; 64000F (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.689996
Event: Optics/Photonics in Security and Defence, 2006, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

Defence Research & Development Canada (DRDC) has recently acquired a Terawatt laser system that will be mounted in a portable container. A class 100,000 clean room will be inserted in the container to maintain the ideal conditions for the laser operation. The compact laser system stands on a 1.25m x 2.5m optical table. The pulse energy at the output of the compressor is higher than 250 mJ and the pulse width output beam lower than 50 fs resulting in a peak power greater than 5 TW. Although the laser system is portable which allows its deployment for test fields on multi-kilometer ranges, a special building will be constructed to efficiently use its capabilities. While the container will seat inside a garage, it will be possible to steer the laser beam toward a well confined 200 m exterior range, or toward a class 100,000 laboratory. The primary objectives of the use of this laser are to study the beam filamentation and the generation of high energy THz waves.

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Marc Châteauneuf and Jacques Dubois "Canadian TeraWatt portable laser", Proc. SPIE 6400, Femtosecond Phenomena and Nonlinear Optics III, 64000F (29 September 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.689996

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