A Review of Optical Parametric Amplification at the Vulcan Laser Facility

Buck, Samuel; Oliveira, Pedro; Angelides, Theodoros; Galimberti, Marco

doi:10.3390/photonics11060495

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A Review of Optical Parametric Amplification at the Vulcan Laser Facility

by

Samuel Buck

^1,2,*

,

Pedro Oliveira

¹,

Theodoros Angelides

¹ and

Marco Galimberti

¹

UKRI STFC Central Laser Facility, Harwell Campus Oxfordshire, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK

²

Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK

^*

Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Photonics 2024, 11(6), 495; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11060495

Submission received: 8 April 2024 / Revised: 17 May 2024 / Accepted: 21 May 2024 / Published: 23 May 2024

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Optical Parametric Amplifiers)

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Abstract

An overview of Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse Amplification (OPCPA) is given as the basis for the next generation of ultra-intense laser systems (>

1 \times 10^{23}

W/cm

^{2}

). The benefits and drawbacks of OPCPA are discussed to explain the choice behind the decisions for the direction of the Central Laser Facility’s (CLF) upcoming Vulcan 20-20 project. A history of OPCPA use at the CLF is described to surmise the foundation of the confidence in this technology for Vulcan 20-20; a 20 PW user facility for high-intensity plasma physics.

Keywords: OPCPA; Vulcan; DKDP

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Buck, S.; Oliveira, P.; Angelides, T.; Galimberti, M. A Review of Optical Parametric Amplification at the Vulcan Laser Facility. Photonics 2024, 11, 495. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11060495

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Buck S, Oliveira P, Angelides T, Galimberti M. A Review of Optical Parametric Amplification at the Vulcan Laser Facility. Photonics. 2024; 11(6):495. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11060495

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Buck, Samuel, Pedro Oliveira, Theodoros Angelides, and Marco Galimberti. 2024. "A Review of Optical Parametric Amplification at the Vulcan Laser Facility" Photonics 11, no. 6: 495. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11060495

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