S. Hancock
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
16 Papers
50 Citations
S. Hancock is an academic researcher from Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chirped pulse amplification & Laser. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 16 publications.
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Papers
Ultrahigh-brightness KrF laser system for fast ignition studies
M. J. Shaw,Ian N. Ross,C. J. Hooker,Joseph Michael Dodson,G. J. Hirst,J. M. D. Lister,E. J. Divall,A. Kidd,S. Hancock,A. R. Damerell,B.E. Wyborn +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the main requirements for a fast igniter laser beam are reviewed and shown to favour short wavelength and ultra high brightness, which are met by the new KrF laser system at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory called TITANIA.
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Development of Petawatt laser amplification systems at the central laser facility - art. no. 67350J
Oleg Chekhlov,E. J. Divall,Klaus Ertel,S. J. Hawkes,C. J. Hooker,I.N. Ross,Pavel Matousek,Cristina Hernandez-Gomez,Y. Tang,Trevor Winstone,D. Neely,R. J. Clarke,Peta Foster,S. Hancock,B.E. Wyborn,John Collier +15 more
- 01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe two development projects: Astra-Gemini, a Petawatt class system based Ti: Sapphire amplifiers and a 10 PW upgrade for the Vulcan laser.
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Vulcan Petawatt interaction facility
Christopher B. Edwards,J. C. Aldis,Ric M. Allott,P.A. Brummitt,John Collier,R. J. Clark,Colin N. Danson,R. Day,M. Dominey,B. C. Eltham,A.J. Frackiewicz,J. A.C. Govans,B. J. Gray,S. Hancock,P. E. Hatton,S. J. Hawkes,C. R. Heathcote,Cristina Hernandez-Gomez,P. Holligan,C. Hooker,M. H. R. Hutchinson,A. R. Jackson,A. Kidd,T. Knott,W.J. Lester,J. M.A. Loose,A. J. MacPhee,J. Monk,Z. A. Miljus,David Neely,D.R. Neville,Peter Norreys,M. M. Notley,J. O'Dell,D.A. Pepler,M. R. Pitts,C.J. Reason,D. Robinson,K. J. Rodgers,D. A. Rodkiss,D. Rose,S. J. Rose,I. N. Ross,A. J. Ryder,M. R. Selley,T. Strange,G. P. Warner,R. Wellstood,G. N. Wiggins,Trevor Winstone,P. N.M. Wright,R. W.W. Wyatt,B.E. Wyborn,Ch Ziener +53 more
- 29 Jul 2003
TL;DR: The Petawatt laser at the Central Laser Facility (CLF) has recently been upgraded to the Petwatt level (1015 Watts) as discussed by the authors, which is capable of delivering 500 J in a near diffraction limited pulse of 500 fs duration.
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The Astra Gemini Project a high repetition rate dual beam petawatt laser facility
John Collier,Oleg Chekhlov,R. J. Clarke,E. J. Divall,Klaus Ertel,B. Fell,Peta Foster,S. Hancock,C. J. Hooker,A. J. Langley,B. Martin,D. Neely,Jeremy C. Smith,B.E. Wyborn +13 more
- 22 May 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, a dual-beam Ti:S PW laser facility at RAL is described, with an expected intensity between 10/sup 22/ and 10/Sup 23/ Wcm/sup -2/ per beam.
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Recent progress towards a petawatt power using optical parametric chirped pulse amplification
Oleg Chekhlov,John Collier,Ian N. Ross,P. Bates,M. Notley,Waseem Shaikh,CN Danson,D. Neely,Pavel Matousek,S. Hancock +9 more
- 22 May 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the optical parametric chirped pulse amplification and compression of femtosecond pulses was performed using a three-stage OPA system with a potential peak power of over 0.35 PW.
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