title: Multi-terawatt picoseconds 10-μm СО2 laser system: design and parameters' control.
abstract: The basic principles for design of an advanced multi-terawatt СО(2) laser system are considered. The key amplifiers' parameters were evaluated by numerical modeling. The potential advantage of using pulsed chemical DF-СО(2) laser as a final amplifier over an electro-ionization TE-СО(2) laser is outlined. The dynamics of noise development along the chain of amplifiers and a resultant contrast ratio are analyzed. The evaluated parameters allowed to suggest a system with a mid-pressure final DF-СО(2) laser which can generate a single 15-TW 2.5-ps pulse.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow, 142432, Russia. bgbrav@icp.ac.ru
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Bravy
authors.forename: Yu A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Chernyshev
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Gordienko
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Makarov
authors.forename: V Ya
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Panchenko
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Platonenko
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Vasil'ev