CALTA Publications
02 Mar 2015
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Publications from the CALTA group

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20​​21

Modelling and measurement of thermal stress-induced depolarisation in high energy, high repetition rate diode-pumped Yb:YAG lasers"

M De Vido, PD Mason, M Fitton, RW Eardley, G Quinn, D Clarke, K Ertel, TJ Butcher, P Jonathan Phillips, S Banerjee, J Smith, J Spear, C Edwards, JL Collier. Optics Express, Vol. 29, 5607-5623 (2021)​

Second and third harmonic conversion of a kilowatt average power, 100-J-level diode pumped Yb:YAG laser in large aperture LBO"

JP Phillips, S Banerjee, P Mason, J Smith, J Spear, M De Vido, K Ertel, T Butcher, G Quinn, D Clarke, C Edwards, C Hernandez-Gomez, J Collier. Optics Letters, Vol. 46, 1808-1811 (2021)​

Response of silicon nitride ceramics subject to laser shock treatment"

P Shukla, X Shen, R Allott, K Ertel, S Robertson, R Crookes, H Wu, A Zammit, P Swanson, M Fitzpatrick. Ceramics International, Vol. 47, 34538-34553 (2021​)​

Phase-matching properties of AgGa0.86In0.14S2 for three-wave interactions in the 0.615-10.5910 µm spectral range"

K Kato, S Banerjee, N Umemura. Optical Materials Express, Vol. 11, 2800-2805 (2021​​)​

Second and third harmonic conversion of a kilowatt average power, 100-J-level diode pumped Yb:YAG laser in large aperture LBO"

JP Phillips, S Banerjee, P Mason, J Smith, J Spear, M De Vido, K Ertel, T Butcher, G Quinn, D Clarke, C Edwards, C Hernandez-Gomez, J Collier. Optics Letters, Vol. 46, 1808-1811 (202​1​​)​​

150 J DPSSL operating at 1.5 kW level"

M Divoky, J Pilar, M Hanus, P Navratil, O Denk, P Severova, P Mason, T Butcher, S Banerjee, M De Vido, C Edwards, J Collier, M Smrz, T Mocek. Optics Letters, Vol. 46, 5771-5773 (20​​2​​1​​)​​



20​​20

High-resolution absorption measurement at the zero phonon line of Yb:YAG between 80 K and 300 K"

M De Vido, A Wojtusiak, K Ertel. Optical Materials Express, Vol. 10, 717-723 (2020)

Influence of uniaxial stress on phonon-assisted relaxation in bismuth-doped silicon"

RK Zhukavin, SG Pavlov, N Stavrias, K Saeedi, KA Kovalevsky, PJ Phillips, VV Tsyplenkov, NV Abrosimov, H Riemann, N Deβmann, H Hübers, VN Shastin. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 127, 35706 (2020)

Performance comparison of Yb:YAG ceramics and crystal gain material in a large-area, high-energy, high average-power diode-pumped laser"

M Divoky, J Pilar, M Hanus, P Navratil, M Sawicka-Chyla, M De Vido, PJ Phillips, K Ertel, T Butcher, M Fibrich, JT Green, M Koselja, J Preclikova, J Kubat, J Houzvicka, B Rus, J Collier, A Lucianetti, T Mocek. Optics Express, Vol. 28, 3636-3646 (2020)

Pushing the boundaries of diode-pumped solid-state lasers for high-energy applications"

S Banerjee, P Mason, J Phillips, J Smith, T Butcher, J Spear, M De Vido, G Quinn, D Clarke, K Ertel, C Hernandez-Gomez, C Edwards, J Collier. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Vol. 8, e20 (2020)

2020 Roadmap on Plasma Accelerators"

F Albert, M Couprie, AD Debus, M Downer, J Faure, A Flacco, LA Gizzi, TE Grismayer, A Huebl, C Joshi, M Labat, WP Leemans, A Maier, S Mangles, P Mason, F Mathieu, P Muggli, M Nishiuchi, J Osterhoff, PP Rajeev, U Schramm, J Schreiber, AGR Thomas, J Vay, M Vranic, K Zeil. New Journal of Physics, Vol. 23, 31101 (2020)

Stable high-energy, high-repetition-rate, frequency doubling in a large aperture temperature-controlled LBO at 515  nm"

JP Phillips, S Banerjee, K Ertel, P Mason, J Smith, T Butcher, M De Vido, C Edwards, C Hernandez-Gomez, J Collier. Optics Letters, Vol. 45, 2946-2949 (2020​)



20​​19

Acoustic signature of laser shock peening for a qualitative evaluation of residual stresses"

S Banerjee, PJ Phillips, J Nygaard, PD Mason, K Ertel, M De Vido, T Butcher, S Tomlinson, J Smith, R Allott, C Edwards, J Collier​. Applied Physics A Materials Science and Processing, Vol. 125, 571 (2019)

“Numerical Analysis of Thermal Effects in a Concept of a Cryogenically Cooled Yb:YAG Multislab 10 J/100-Hz Laser Amplifier"

M Sawicka-Chyla, M Divoky, O Slezak, M De Vido, A Lucianetti, T Mocek. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 55, 1-8 (2019)

Optical rotatory power of quartz between 77 K and 325 K for 1030 nm wavelength"

M De Vido, K Ertel, A Wojtusiak, PD Mason, PJ Phillips, S Banerjee, JM Smith, TJ Butcher, C Edwards. Optical Materials Express, Vol. 9, 2708-2715 (2019)

Petawatt and exawatt class lasers worldwide"

CN Danson, C Haefner, J Bromage, T Butcher, JF Chanteloup, EA Chowdhury, A Galvanauskas, LA Gizzi, J Hein, DI Hillier, NW Hopps, Y Kato, EA Khazanov, R Kodama, G Korn, R Li, Y Li, J Limpert, J Ma, CH Nam, D Neely, D Papadopoulos, RR Penman, L Qian, JJ Rocca, AA Shaykin, CW Siders, C Spindloe, S Szatmári, RMGM Trines, J Zhu, P Zhu, JD Zuegel. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Vol. 7, e54 (2019)

Monocrystalline materials for high-power ultrafast lasers"

J Preclíková, K Bartoš, J Polak, J Kubát, J Pilar, P Navrátil, M Hanuš, M Divoký, A Lucianetti, M Fibrich, M Košelja, JT Green, K Ertel, J Phillips, M De Vido, B Rus, T Mocek, J Houžvicka. Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 11033, 1103306 (2019)



20​​18

Development of a 100 J, 10 Hz laser for compression experiments at the High Energy Density instrument at the European XFEL"

P Mason, S Banerjee, J Smith, T Butcher, J Phillips, H Höppner , D Möller, K Ertel, M De Vido, I Hollingham, A Norton, S Tomlinson, T Zata, J Suarez Merchan, C Hooker, M Tyldesley, T Toncian, C Hernandez-Gomez, C Edwards, J Collier​. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Vol. 6, e65 (2018)


20​​17​

“Characterization of adhesiv​​e-free bonded crystalline Y​​b:YAG for high energy laser app​lications" 

M. De Vido, David Meissner, S. Meissner, K. Ertel, P. J. Phillips, P. D. Mason, S. Banerjee, T. J. Butcher, J. M. Smith, C. Edwards, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and J. L. Collier. Optical Material Express, Vol. 7, No. 2, 425 (2016)

“Kilowatt average power 100J-level diode pumped solid state laser" 

P Mason, M Divoky, K Ertel, J Pilar, T Butcher, M Hanuš, S Banerjee, J Phillips, J Smith, M De Vido, A Lucianetti, C Hernandez-Gomez, C Edwards, T Mocek, J Collier. OPTICA, Vol. 4, 438-439 (2017)

“Impact of gas cluster ion and accelerated neutral atom beam surface treatments on the laser-induced damage threshold of ceramic Yb:YAG" 

M De Vido, MJ Walsh, S Kirkpatrick, R Svrluga, K Ertel, PJ Phillips, PD Mason, S Banerjee, JM Smith, TJ Butcher, C Edwards, C Hernandez-Gomez, JL Collier. Optical Materials Express, Vol. 7, 3303-3311 (2017)


2016

“100 J-level nanaosecond pulsed diode pumped solid state laser" 

S. Banerjee, P. D. Mason, K. Ertel, P. J. Phillips, M. De Vido, O. Chekhlov, M. Divoky, J. Pilar, J. M. Smith, T. J. Butcher, A. Lintern, S. Tomlinson, W. Shaikh, C. Hooker, A. Lucianetti, C. Hernandez-Gomez, T. Mocek, C. Edwards and J. L. Collier. Optics Letters, Vol. 41, 2089 (2016)

“High energy, high repetition rate, second harmonic generation in large aperture DKDP, YCOB, and LBO crystals" 

J. P. Phillips, S. Banerjee, J. M. Smith, M. Fitton, T. Davenne, K. Ertel, P. D. Mason, T. J. Butcher, M. De Vido, J. Greenhalgh, C. Edwards,  C. Hernandez-Gomez, and J. L. Collier. Optics Express, Vol. 24 (17), 19682 (2016)

“High energy diode-pumped solid-state laser development at the Central Laser Facility", 

P. D. Mason, S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. J. Phillips, T. Butcher, J. Smith, M. De Vido, O. Chekhlov, C. Hernandez-Gomez, C. Edwards, J. Collier, Proc. SPIE 9893, Laser Sources and Applications III, 989309 (2016).

"A 100J-level nanosecond pulsed DPSSL" 

P. D. Mason, S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. J. Phillips, M. De Vido, O. Chekhlov, M. Divoky, J. Pilar, J. Smith, T. Butcher, W. Shaikh, C. Hooker, C. Hernandez-Gomez, T. Mocek, C. Edwards, and J. Collier, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2016), paper STu3M.1 (2016).

“A scalable high-energy diode-pumped solid state laser for laser-plasma interaction science and applications" 

M De Vido, K Ertel, P D Mason, S Banerjee, P J Phillips, T J Butcher, J M Smith, W Shaikh, C Hernandez-Gomes, R J S Greenhalgh and J L Collier, Journal of Physics Conference Series,  717(1), 012090 (2016).

“Energy Scaling Nanosecond Pulsed Yb:YAG Cryo-cooled DPSSL Amplifier Technology to 100J-level"  

J. Smith, S. Banerjee, P. D. Mason, K. Ertel, T. J. Butcher, P. J. Phillips, M. De Vido, O. Chekhlov, M. Divoky, J. Pilar, W. Shaikh, C. Hooker, A. Lucianetti, C. Hernandez-Gomez, T. Mocek, C. Edwards, and J. Collier,  Lasers Congress 2016 (ASSL, LSC, LAC), paper ATh4A.2 (2016).

“100J level ceramic Yb:YAG cryogenic gas cooled multi-slab DPSSL" 

S. Banerjee, P. D. Mason, K. Ertel, P. J. Phillips, T. Butcher, J. Smith, M. De Vido, O. Chekhlov, C. Hernandez-Gomez, C. Edwards, and J. Collier,  12th Laser Ceramic Symposium, Tu-2-L-03, 42 (2016)

“Pathway Towards Second Harmonic Generation of a 100 J, 10 Hz Diode Pumped Solid State Laser" 

P. J. Phillips, S. Banerjee, M. Fitton, T. Davenne, P. D. Mason, K. Ertel, T. Butcher, J. Smith,M. De Vido, O. Chekhlov, M. Divoky, J. Pilar, A. Lintern, C. Hooker, C. Hernandez‑Gomez, T. Mocek, C. Edwards and J. L. Collier, SPIE-Photonics Asia, High-Power Lasers and Applications VIII, Beijing, China, 10016-18 (2016).


2015 

“DiPOLE: a 10 J, 10 Hz cryogenic gas cooled multi-slab Yb:YAG laser" 

S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. D. Mason, P. J. Phillips, M. De Vido, J. M. Smith, T. J. Butcher, C. Hernandez-Gomez, R. J. S. Greenhalgh, and J. L. Collier. Optics Express, Vol. 23, 19542 (2015).

“Scalable design for a high energy cryogenic gas cooled diode pumped laser amplifier" 

P.D. Mason, M. Fitton, A. Lintern, S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, T. Davenne, J. Hill, S.P. Blake, P.J. Phillips, T. J. Butcher, J.M Smith, M. De Vido, R. J. S. Greenhalgh, C. Hernandez-Gomez and J. L. Collier, Applied Optics, Vol 54, No. 13, 4227 (2015) 

"Scalable Cryogenic Gas Cooled Multi-Slab 10 J and 100 J, 10 Hz DPSSL system," 

S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. D. Mason, P. J. Phillips, M. D. Vido, J. M. Smith, T. J. Butcher, M. Divoky, J. Pilar, C. Hernandez-Gomez, R. J. S. Greenhalgh, and J. L. Collier, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, (Optical Society of America, 2015), paper 25D2_2 (2015).

“DiPOLE100: A 100 J, 10 Hz cryogenically cooled Yb:YAG diode pumped solid-state laser" 

T. Butcher, P. Mason, S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, J. Phillips, O. Chekhlov, M. De Vido, J. Smith, W. Shaikh, S. Tomlinson, M. Divoky, J. Pilar, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and J. Collier,  CLEO Europe, Munich, Germany (2015).

“A Solid State 100 mJ Diode Pumped Temporally and Spatially Shaped ​Front End System for Seeding a 10 Hz 100 J Laser System" 

W. Shaikh, T. Butcher, S. Banerjee, P. Mason, K. Ertel, J. Phillips, J. Smith, M. Divoky, M. De Vido, O. Chekhlov, J. Greenhalgh, S. Tomlinson, I. Musgrave, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and J. Collier, CLEO San Jose (2015).

 “DiPOLE100: A 100 J, 10 Hz DPSSL using cryogenic ga​​s cooled Yb:YAG multi slab amplifier technology" 

P. D. Mason , S. Banerjee , K. Ertel , P. J. Phillips , T. J. Butcher , J. M. Smith , M. De Vido , S. Tomlinson , O. Chekhlov , W. Shaikh , S. Blake , P. Holligan , M. Divoky , J. Pilar , C. Hernandez-Gomez , R. J. S. Greenhalgh , and J. L. Collier, Proc. SPIE 9513, 951302-1 (2015).

“A cryo-cooled high-energy DPSSL system del​ivering ns-pulses at 10 J and 10 Hz" 

K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, T. J. Butcher, M. De Vido, P. D. Mason, P. J. Phillips, David Richards, W. Shaikh, J. M. Smith, R. J. S. Greenhalgh, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. L. Collier Proc. SPIE 9342, 93421L-1 (2015).

“HiLASE: Development of Fully Diode Pu​​mped Lasers with High Average Power" 

M. Divokya, M. Smrz, M. Chyla , P. Sikocinski , P. Severova , O. Novak , J. Huynh , S. S. Nagisetty , T. Miura , Ch. Liberatore , J. Pilař , O. Slezak , M. Sawicka , V. Jambunathan , L. Gemini , J. Vanda , R. Svabek , A. Endo , A. Lucianetti , D. Rostohar , P. D. Mason , P. J. Phillips , K. Ertel , S. Banerjee , C. Hernandez-Gomez , J. L. Collier , and T. Mocek, Proc. SPIE 9255, 92550V-1 (2015).
 

2014

“Overview of the HiLASE project: high average power pulse​d DPSSL systems for research and industry," 

M. Divoky, M. Smrz, M. Chyla, P. Sikocinski, P. Severova, O. Novak, J. Huynh, S. S. Nagisetty, T. Miura, J. Pilar, O. Slezak, M. Sawicka, V. Jambunathan, J. Vanda, A. Endo, A. Lucianetti, D. Rostohar, P. D. Mason, P. J. Phillips, K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. L. Collier, and T. Mocek, High Power Laser Science and Engineering 2, e14, 10 pages (2014).

“Influence of polishing and c​​oating techniques on laser induced damage on AR-coated ceramic Yb:YAG" 

M. De Vido , P. J. Phillips, Joachim Hein, Jörg Körner, J. M. Smith, K. Ertel, P. D. Mason , S. Banerjee, O. Chekhlov, T. J. Butcher, S. Tomlinson, A. Lintern, J. Greenhalgh, W. Shaik, S. J. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, Malte C. Kaluza, J. L. Collier, Proc. SPIE 9237, 92371M-1 (2014)

“Front End Design for a Temporally and Spatially Sh​​aped 100 J Diode-Pumped Solid-State Laser" 

T. Butcher, P. D. Mason, S. Banerjee, J. Pilar, M. Divoky, J. Smith, M. De Vido, J. Phillips, K. Ertel, O. Chekhlov, S. Tomlinson, W. Shaikh, J. Greenhalgh, Ian Musgrave, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and J. Collier, , OSA Proceedings of Advanced Solid-State Laser Conference, Paper ATh2A, Shanghai (2014).

“Dark-Field and Laser Performance D​iagnostics for a 100J 10Hz Amplifier System" 

J. Smith, J. Phillips, K. Ertel, P. Mason, S. Banerjee, Tom Butcher, M. De Vido, J. Greenhalgh, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and J. Collier, , Presentation at International Committee on Ultra Intense Lasers Conference (ICUIL 2014), Oct 13th to Oct 17th, Goa, India (2014).

“Pump Laser Design for a 10 Hz PW Cla​ss Laser System" 

P. D. Mason, S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. J. Phillips, O. Chekhlov, M. De Vido, T. Butcher, W. Shaikh, J. Smith, S. Tomlinson, M. Galimberti, C. Hooker, R. J. S. Greenhalgh, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and J. Collier, , Presentation at International Committee on Ultra Intense Lasers Conference (ICUIL 2014), Oct 13th to Oct 17th, Goa, India (2014).

“DiPOLE: A 10 J, 10 Hz multi-slab cryogenic gas cooled​ Yb:YAG amplifier" 

S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. Mason, J. Phillips, J. M Smith, M. De Vido, T. Butcher, David Richards, J. Greenhalgh, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and J. Collier, 6th EPS-QEOD Europhoton, Neuchatel, Switzerland (2014).

“Frequency Doubling at 7J of a High Energy, High Repetition​ Rate DPSSL System" 

J. Phillips, S. Banerjee, P. D. Mason, J. M. Smith, Magdalena Sawicka, M. Divoky, K. Ertel, T. J. Butcher, M. de Vido, T. R. Davenne, Michael D. Fitton, O. Chekhlov, J. Greenhalgh, W. Shaikh, Ophelie Wagner, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and J. L. Collier, CLEO, Paper JW2A.70 (2014).

“Design of a 100 Joule, 10 Hz HEC-DPSSL Power Am​​plifier" 

P. Mason, A. Lintern, S. Tomlinson, O. Chekhlov, M. De Vido, M. Fitton, C. Hooker, S. Hawkes, Marco Galimberti, K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, J. Phillips, J. Smith, J. Greenhalgh, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and J. Collier, , 8th International Workshop on HEC-DPPSL, Oxford, UK, March 26th–28th (2014).

“Analysis of Laser Damage Threshold and Morphology a​​t the Surface of AR-coated Ceramic Yb:YAG" 

M. De Vido, J. Phillips, Joachim Hein, Jörg Kroener, J. M Smith, K. Ertel, P. Mason, S. Banerjee, O. Cheklov, T. Butcher, S. Tomlinson, A. Lintern, J. Greehalgh, W. Shaikh, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. Collier, , 8th International Workshop on HEC-DPPSL, Oxford, UK, March 26th–28th (2014).

“Front End Design for Temporally and Spatially Shaped 10 & 100 J D​​iode-Pumped Solid-State Laser" 

T. Butcher, S. Banerjee, P. Mason, J. Pilar, M. Divoky, J. Smith, J. Phillips, K. Ertel, O. Chekhlov, S. Tomlinson, W. Shaikh, J. Greenhalgh, I. Musgrave, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and J. Collier, , 8th International Workshop on HEC-DPPSL, Oxford, UK, March 26th–28th (2014).

“Frequency doubling at 7J of a High Energy, High Repetition​ Rate DPSSL System" 

J. Phillips, K. Ertel, P. Mason, S. Banerjee, J. Greenhalgh, J. Smith, T. Butcher, M. De Vido,C. Hernandez-Gomez, and J. Collier, , 8th International Workshop on HEC-DPPSL, Oxford, UK, March 26th–28th (2014).

“Diagnostic for 10Hz diode pumped laser​ system" 

J. Smith, J. Phillips, K. Ertel, P. Mason, S. Banerjee, T. Butcher, M. De Vido, J. Greenhalgh, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. Collier, , 8th International Workshop on HEC-DPPSL, Oxford, UK, March 26th–28th (2014).

 

2013

“Temperature dependent emission and absorption cross section of Yb3​​+ doped yttrium lanthanum oxide (YLO) ceramic and its application in diode pumped amplifier" 

S. Banerjee, J. Koerner, M. Siebold, Q. Yang, K. Ertel, P. D. Mason, P. J. Phillips, M. Loeser, H. Zhang, S. Lu, J. Hein, U. Schramm, M. C. Kaluza and J. L. Collier, Optics Express, Vol. 21, 726 (2013)

“DiPOLE- An efficient and scalable high pulse energy and high​ average power cryogenic gas cooled multi-slab amplifier concept" 

P. D. Mason, S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. J. Phillips, J. Greenhalgh and J. L. Collier, Plasma and Fusion Research, Vol 8, 34044051 (2013).

“HiLASE: a scalable option for Laser Inertial Fusio​​n Energy" 

A Lucianetti, V Jambunathan, M Divoky, O Slezak, M Sawicka, J Pilar, S Bonora, P D Mason, P J Philips, K Ertel, S Banerjee, C Hernandez-Gomez, J L Collier, C Edwards, M Tyldesley, and T Mocek, , IFSA 2013 Conference Proceedings, Nara, Japan, September 8-13th (2013).

“Efficient Pumping of Inertial Fusio​​n Energy Lasers" 

C. Wessling, O. Rübenach, S. Hambücker, V. Sinhoff, S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. Mason, , Photonics West 2013, Proc. of SPIE Vol 8602, 8602-17 (2013).

“Efficient Operation of a Pulsed Diode Pumped Cryogenic Gas Cooled Yb:YAG Multislab Amplifier Delivering 7.4 J at 10 Hz" ​​

P. Mason, K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, J. Phillips, A. Lintern, J. Greenhalgh, C. Hernandez-Gomez and J. Collier, CLEO-Europe 12-16 May (2013) DOI: 10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC. 2013.6800632.

“DiPOLE: a scalable laser architecture for pumpi​ng multi-Hz PW systems" 

K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, P. D. Mason, P. J. Phillips, R. J. S. Greenhalgh, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. L. Collier, Proc. SPIE 8780, 87801W-1 (2013)

“DiPOLE: A Multi-Slab Cryogenic Diod​​e Pumped Yb:YAG Amplifier" 

S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. Mason, J. Phillips, J. Greenhalgh, J. Collier, Proc. SPIE 8780, 878006-1 (2013).

“48 hour operation of DiPOLE at 7 J and 1​​0 Hz" 

J. Phillips, K. Ertel, P. Mason, S. Banerjee, J. Greenhalgh, S. Tomlinson, S. Blake, A. Lintern, T. Davenne, M. Fitton, C. Hernandez-Gomez and J. Collier, CLF Annual Report 2013-14.

"Concept for a kJ amplifier using cryogenic gas ​​cooled multi-slab Yb:YAG medium," 

J. Phillips, K. Ertel, P. Mason, S. Banerjee, J. Greenhalgh, S. Tomlinson, S. Blake, A. Lintern, T. Davenne, M. Fitton, C. Hernandez-Gomez and J. Collier, CLEO, San Jose, CA, pp. 1-2 (2013).

"Multislab Yb:YAG cryogenic gas cooled high average po​​wer amplifier delivering 7.4 J at 10Hz," 

J. Phillips, K. Ertel, P. Mason, S. Banerjee, J. Greenhalgh, S. Tomlinson, S. Blake, A. Lintern, T. Davenne, M. Fitton, C. Hernandez-Gomez and J. Collier CLEO, San Jose, CA, 2013, pp. 1-2 (2013).

"The DiPOLE project: Towards high energy, hi​​gh repetition rate diode pumped lasers," 

K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, P. D. Mason, P. J. Phillips, C. Hernandez-Gomez and J. L. Collier ,2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEOPR), Kyoto, pp. 1-2 (2013).

"The opportunity of high average and high p​eak power lasers," 

J. Collier,  K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, P. D. Mason, P. J. Phillips, C. Hernandez-Gomez, 2013 Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics Europe & International Quantum Electronics Conference CLEO EUROPE/IQEC, Munich, pp. 1-1(2013).

“Demonstration of a Prototype Laser Amplifier Conce​pt Scalable to Energies Suitable for Inertial Fusion Energy Projects" 

P. D. Mason, S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. Jonatan Phillips, J. Greenhalgh and J. L. Collier, SPIE optics, Laser Energy Workshop, Prague, CzRep, WS100A-4 (2013).

"Conceptual Design of the Laser Systems for th​e Attosecond Light Pulse Source," 

S. Banerjee, M. Baudisch, J. Biegert, A. Borot, A. Borzsonyi, D. Charalambidis, T. Ditmire, Z. Diveki, P. Dombi, K. Ertel, M. Galimberti, J. Fulop, E. Gaul, C. L. Haefner, M. Hemmer, C. Hernandez-Gomez, M. Kalashnikov, D. Kandula, A. Kovacs, R. Lopez-Martens, P. D. Mason, I. Marton, I. Musgrave, K. Osvay, M. Prandolini, E. Racz, P. Racz, R. Riedel, I. Ross, J. Rosseau, M. Schulz, F. Tavella, A. Thai, and I. Will, in CLEO2013, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America), paper CTu2D.6 (2013).

 

2012

“High Efficiency 10 J Diode Pumped Cryogenic Gas Cooled Yb:YA​​G Multi-Slab Amplifier" 

S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. D. Mason, P. J. Phillips, M. Siebold, Markus Loeser, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. L. Collier. Optics Letters, Vol. 37, No. 11 (2012).

“High-energy, ceramic-disk Yb:LuAG laser a​​mplifier"  

M. Siebold, M. Loeser, F. Roeser, M. Seltmann, G. Harzendorf, I. Tsybin, S. Linke, S. Banerjee, P.D. Mason, P.J. Phillips, K. Ertel, J.C. Collier, and U. Schramm, Optics Express, Vol. 20, No. 20, 21992 (2012)

“DiPOLE – An Efficient and Scalable HEC-DPSSL​ System" 

P. Mason, K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, J. Phillips, S. Tomlinson, S. Blake, T. Davenne, M. Fitton, A. Lintern, J. Greenhalgh, J. Collier, , 7th International Workshop on HEC-DPPSL, Lake Tahoe, US, Sept 12th–14th (2012).

“Design of a Multi-pass Extraction Architecture ​​for the DiPOLE Prototype Amplifier" 

P. Mason, A. Lintern, S. Tomlinson, K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, J. Phillips, J. Greenhalgh, J. Collier, , 7th International Workshop on HEC-DPPSL, Lake Tahoe, US, Sept 12th–14th (2012).

“Thermal management of kJ class laser am​​plifiers for operations at high-repetition rates" 

P .J. Phillips, K. Ertel, P. D. Mason, S. Banerjee, J. Greenhalgh, J.L. Collier, SPIE Laser Damage Conference 23-26th September, NIST, Boulder, Colorado, USA, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 8530, Paper No. 8530-63 (2012).

“DiPOLE: A Scalable Pump Laser for Multi-Hz​​ Petawatt Systems" 

P. J. Phillips, S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. D. Mason, P. J. Phillips, J. Greenhalgh, J. L. Collier, , International Committee on Ultra Intense Lasers Conference (ICUIL 2012) Presentation T4-3, Sept 16th to Sept 21st 2012, Mamaia, Romania (2012).

“Development of high energy and high intensity mult​i-Hz laser at the Central Laser Facility" 

P.D. Mason, K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, P.J. Phillips, S. Blake, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. Greenhalgh and J.L. Collier, Invited talk at 8th Laser Ceramics Symposium, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia, 4th to 7th December 2012.

“DiPOLE – An Efficient and Scalable High Pulse Energy ​and High Average Power cryogenic Gas Cooled Multi-Slab Amplifier" 

P. D. Mason, K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, P. J. Phillips, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. C. Collier, Conference on Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (CIFE 2012), Yokohama, Japan, Apr 26-27 (2012).

"A Cryogenic Gas Cooled Multi-Slab Yb:YAG Amplifier Pro​ducing 6.4 J at 10 Hz," 

K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, P. D. Mason, P. J. Phillips, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and J. L. Collier, in Research in Optical Sciences, OSA Technical Digest, Optical Society of America, paper HT1C.3 (2012).

"A cryogenic gas cooled multi-slab Yb:YAG amplifier​ producing 5.9 J at 1 Hz,"  

P. D. Mason, K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, J. Phillips, C. Hernandez-Gomez, and C. John, in Lasers, Sources, and Related Photonic Devices, OSA Technical Digest, Optical Society of America, paper AW4A.14 (2012).

“Multislab Yb:YAG cryogenic gas cooled high average pow​er amplifier delivering 7.4 J at 10 Hz" 

J. Phillips, K. Ertel, P. Mason, S. Banerjee, J. Greenhalgh, S. Tomlinson, S. Blake, A. Lintern, T. Davenne, M. Fitton, C. Hernandez-Gomez and J. Collier, CLF Annual Report 2012-13.


2011

“Optimising the efficiency of pulsed diode pumped Yb:YAG las​​er amplifiers for ns pulse generation." 

K. Ertel, S. Banerjee P. D. Mason, P. J. Phillips, M. Siebold, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. L. Collier. Optics Express, 19, 26610 (2011)

“Multi-Slab Architecture for kJ-Class DPSSL Sys​​tem" 

P. Mason, S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. Phillips, and J. Collier, European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the XIIth European Quantum Electronics Conference 2011, Munich, Germany, 22-26 May 2011.

“High Energy Diode Pumped Cryogenic Yb doped YAG Cera​​mic Amplifier for Extreme Science" 

S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. D. Mason, P. J. Phillips, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. L. Collier , 3rd International Conference on Ultra-intense Laser Interaction Science (ULIS 2011), Lisbon, Portugal, 10-13 October 2011.

“Optimised Design for a 1 kJ Diode Pumped Solid State La​​ser System" 

P. D. Mason, K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, P. J. Phillips, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. L. Collier,  SPIE Optics & Optoelectronics Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 18-21 April, (2011).

“Performance Modelling of a 1 kJ DPSS​​L System" 

K Ertel, S Banerjee, C Hernandez-Gomez, P D Mason, P J Phillips, J L Collier, , OSA Proceedings of Topical Meeting on High-Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena (HILAS), Paper HThE3, Istanbul, Turkey, (2011).

“Optimised Design for a 1 kJ Diode Pumped Solid St​ate Laser System," 

P. D. Mason, K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, P. J. Phillips, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. L. Collier, Proc. SPIE 8080C-104 (2011).

“Performance Modelling of a 1 kJ DPSSL ​System"

P D Mason, K Ertel, S Banerjee, C Hernandez-Gomez, P J Phillips, J L Collier, OSA Proceedings of Topical Meeting on High-Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena (HILAS), Paper HThE3, Istanbul, Turkey, 14-18th February (2011).

“Multi-Slab Architecture for kJ-Class DPSSL ​System" 

P D Mason, S Banerjee, K Ertel, C Hernandez-Gomez, P J Phillips, J L Collier, CLEO/Europe and EQEC 2011 Conference Digest, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America), paper CA4_2 (2011). 

“First light on the DiPOLE pr​oject"

S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. Mason, J. Phillips, J. Greenhalgh, S. Tomlinson, S. Blake, A. Lintern, T. Davenne, M. Fitton, C. Hernandez-Gomez and J. Collier, CLF Annual Report 2011-12.
 

2010

“Concept for Cryogenic kJ‐Class Yb:YAG Pum​​​p Laser" 

S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. Mason, C. Hernandez‐Gomez, J. Collier. AIP Conference Proceedings 1228, 223 (2010).

“Multi kJ level Laser Concepts for HiPER ​​Facility" 

J.C. Chanteloup, D. Albach, A. Lucianetti, K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, P. D.Mason, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. L. Collier, J.Hein, M. Wolf, J. Körner, B. J. Le Garrec. The Sixth International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 244, 012010 (2010); DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/244/1/012010

“Conceptual Design of a Diode Pumped ​Cryogenic kJ-Class Yb-Doped Ceramic YAG Amplifier for Extreme Science"  

S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. D. Mason, J. Phillips, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. L. Collier, 4th EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference, Paper, WeP21, Hamburg, Germany, 29th August to 3rd September 2010.

“The DiPOLE Project: Towards kJ Class D​PSSL Amplifiers" 

K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, P. Mason, J. Phillips, C. Hernandez-Gomez, T. Davenne, M. Fitton, A. Lintern, J. Collier, 6th International Workshop on HEC-DPSSL, Versailles, France, Sept 8–10 (2010).

“Diode pumped Cryogenic High Energy​​ Yb-Doped Ceramic YAG Amplifier for Ultra-High Intensity Applications" 

P D Mason, S Banerjee, K Ertel, P J Phillips, C Hernandez-Gomez and J Collier, International Conference on Ultra Intense Lasers (ICUIL 2010) Presentation M011, Sept 26th to Oct 1st 2010, Watkins Glen, New York, USA.

“Design of a Diode Pumped Cryogenic kJ-Class Yb-Do​​ped Ceramic YAG Amplifier for Ultra-High Intensity Applications" 

P. D. Mason, S. Banerjee,  K. Ertel,  P. J. Phillips, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. L. Collier, High Power Lasers Community Science Meeting, Poster paper 20, 15-17th December 2010.

“Laser Concepts for a Rep-Rated Multi-kJ ICF-​Driver of the HiPER Facility" 

J. Hein,  J. Körner, J.-C. Chanteloup, D. Albach, A. Lucianetti, K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, P. Mason, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. Collier, and B. Le Garrec, International Conference on Ultra Intense Lasers (ICUIL 2010) Presentation M09, Sept 26th to Oct 1st 2010, Watkins Glen, New York, USA (2010).

“Current status of the DiPOLE ​project"  

S. Banerjee, K. Ertel, P. Mason, J. Phillips, P. Rice, S. Tomlinson, S. Blake, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. Collier  , CLF Annual Report 2010-11.
 

2009

“HiPER and ELI: Kilojoule-class DPSSLs for laser fusion and ultra h​​igh intensity research" 

K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, P. D.Mason, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. L. Collier. IEEE, High Power Diode Lasers and systems conference 1, 14(2009) DOI: 10.1109/HPD.2009.5366337.

“The DiPOLE project: towards high energy, high re​petition rate diode pumpe​​d lasers" 

K. Ertel, S. Banerjee, P. Mason, J. Phillips, P. Rice, S. Tomlinson, C. Sawyer, S. Blake, C. Hernandez-Gomez, J. Collier, T. Davenne, M. Fitton, J. Hill, A. Lintern, CLF Annual Report 2009-10.​







Contact: Clarke, Danielle (STFC,RAL,CLF)