Formation of the multi-terawatt laser beams in a visible spectrum region

Abstract

The results of multiterawatt laser beam formation of a visible range in THL-100 hybrid laser system based on titanium-sapphire front-end and photochemical XeF(C-A) boosting amplifier is presented. The front-end delivers up to 20 mJ energy in 50 fs pulses at the second harmonic centered around 475 nm. The active medium of the XeF(C-A) amplifier is produced in a XeF2/N2 mixture irradiated by the VUV radiation from electron beam excited xenon. The laser system is described and the latest results are presented.