In this paper we review the design and development of a 100 J, 10 Hz nanosecond pulsed laser, codenamed DiPOLE100X, being built at the Central Laser Facility (CLF). This 1 kW average power diode-pumped solid-state laser (DPSSL) is based on a master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) design, which includes two cryogenic gas cooled amplifier stages based on DiPOLE multi-slab ceramic Yb:YAG amplifier technology developed at the CLF. The laser will produce pulses between 2 and 15 ns in duration with precise, arbitrarily selectable shapes, at pulse repetition rates up to 10 Hz, allowing real-time shape optimization for compression experiments. Once completed, the laser will be delivered to the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) facility in Germany as a UK-funded contribution in kind, where it will be used to study extreme states of matter at the High Energy Density (HED) instrument.

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在欧洲 XFEL 的高能密度仪器上开发用于压缩实验的 100 J、10 Hz 激光器

在本文中，我们回顾了在中央激光设施 (CLF) 建造的 100 J、10 Hz 纳秒脉冲激光器的设计和开发，代号为 DiPOLE100X。这种平均功率为 1 kW 的二极管泵浦固态激光器 (DPSSL) 基于主振荡器功率放大器 (MOPA) 设计，其中包括两个基于 DiPOLE 多板陶瓷 Yb:YAG 放大器技术的低温气冷放大器级。 CLF。激光将产生持续时间在 2 到 15 ns 之间的脉冲，具有精确、任意可选择的形状，脉冲重复率高达 10 Hz，允许对压缩实验进行实时形状优化。一旦完成，激光将作为英国资助的实物捐助交付给位于德国的欧洲 X 射线自由电子激光 (XFEL) 设施，