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John A. Caird
Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Publications - 88
Citations - 2414
John A. Caird is an academic researcher from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Laser & Inertial confinement fusion. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 88 publications receiving 2276 citations.
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Spectroscopic, optical, and thermomechanical properties of neodymium- and chromium-doped gadolinium scandium gallium garnet
TL;DR: Spectroscopic, optical, and thermomechanical properties of gadolinium scandium gallium garnet doped with trivalent neodymium and/or chromium are reported for use in the design of high power solid-state lasers.
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Quantum electronic properties of the Na/sub 3/Ga/sub 2/Li/sub 3/F/sub 12/:Cr/sup 3+/ laser
TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of the gallium-doped gallium fluoride garnet, Na/sub 3/Ga/sub 2/Li/ sub 3/F/sub 12/:Cr/sup 3+/, as a laser material has been investigated experimentally.
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Demonstration of a 1.1 petawatt laser based on a hybrid optical parametric chirped pulse amplification/mixed Nd:glass amplifier
Erhard Gaul,Mikael Martinez,Joel Blakeney,A. Jochmann,Martin Ringuette,Doug Hammond,Ted Borger,Ramiro Escamilla,Skylar Douglas,W. Henderson,Gilliss Dyer,Alvin C. Erlandson,R.R. Cross,John A. Caird,Christopher A. Ebbers,Todd Ditmire +15 more
TL;DR: The design and performance of the Texas Petawatt Laser, which produces a 186 J 167 fs pulse based on the combination of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) and mixed Nd:glass amplification, is presented.
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Quantum efficiency and excited-state relaxation dynamics in neodymium-doped phosphate laser glasses
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of concentration quenching are accurately described when both resonant nonradiative excitation hopping (the Burshtein model) and annihilation by cross relaxation are accounted for by Forster-Dexter dipole-dipole energy transfer theory.
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An overview of LLNL high-energy short-pulse technology for advanced radiography of laser fusion experiments
Christopher P. J. Barty,M. H. Key,J.A. Britten,Raymond J. Beach,G. Beer,Curtis G. Brown,S J Bryan,John A. Caird,T C Carlson,John K. Crane,Jay W. Dawson,Alvin C. Erlandson,David N. Fittinghoff,Mark R. Hermann,Curly R. Hoaglan,A. Iyer,L. Jones,Igor Jovanovic,A.M. Komashko,Otto Landen,Z. Liao,William A. Molander,Scott C. Mitchell,Edward I. Moses,Norman D. Nielsen,H. Nguyen,J D Nissen,S.A. Payne,Deanna Marie Pennington,L. Risinger,Michael C. Rushford,Kenneth M. Skulina,Mary L. Spaeth,Brent C. Stuart,G. L. Tietbohl,Benoit Wattellier +35 more
TL;DR: In this article, the technical challenges and motivations for high-energy short-pulse generation with the National Ignition Facility (NIF) and possibly other large-scale Nd : glass lasers are reviewed.