Laser Systems & ATLA Project - 4

[TILA-LIC9-01(Invited)] Development of in high energy DPSSL amplifier technology at the CLF and demonstration of stable, long-term operation of a DPSSL operating at 10 J, 100 Hz

*Mariastefania DE VIDO¹, Gary Quinn¹, Danielle Clarke¹, Luke McHugh¹, Paul Mason¹, Jacob Spear¹, Jodie Smith¹, Martin Divoky², Jan Pilar², Ondrej Denk², Thomas Butcher¹, Chris Edwards¹, Tomas Mocek², John Collier¹ (1. STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, 2. HiLASE Centre, Czech Republic)

We summarise recent developments in high energy diode-pumped solid-state laser (DPSSL) technology at the STFC Central Laser Facility. These include the first ever demonstration of long-term, reliable amplification in a kW-class high energy nanosecond pulsed DPSSL at 100 Hz. We then provide an overview of future exploitation of this technology.