Dr. Leonid D. Mikheev Profile

Dr. Leonid D. Mikheev

at PN Lebedev Physical Institute

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Publications (21)

Proceedings Article | 3 January 2019 Paper

Hybrid THL-100 laser system: results and prospect

V. Losev, S. Alekseev, M. Ivanov, N. Ivanov, G. Mesyats, L. Mikheev, Yu. Panchenko, N. Ratakhin, A. Yastremskii

Proceedings Volume 11042, 110420P (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520212

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Laser systems engineering, Picosecond phenomena, Femtosecond phenomena, Mirrors, Pulsed laser operation, Nonlinear crystals, Amplifiers, Glasses, Visible radiation

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Proceedings Article | 12 May 2017 Paper

THL-100 multi-terawatt laser system of a visible range

Valery Losev, Nikolay Ivanov, Leonid Mikheev

Proceedings Volume 10173, 101731D (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2266639

KEYWORDS: Amplifiers, Picosecond phenomena, Optical amplifiers, Mirrors, Vacuum ultraviolet, Electron beams, Xenon, Pulsed laser operation, Laser systems engineering, Prisms

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Proceedings Article | 13 January 2017 Paper

Amplification of sub-nanosecond pulse in THL-100 laser system

V. Losev, S. Alekseev, M. Ivanov, N. Ivanov, G. Mesyats, L. Mikheev, Yu. Panchenko, N. Ratakhin, A. Yastremsky

Proceedings Volume 10254, 1025415 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256352

KEYWORDS: Pulsed laser operation, Laser systems engineering, Femtosecond phenomena, Harmonic generation, Optical amplifiers, Picosecond phenomena, Amplifiers, Mirrors, Glasses, Prisms

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Proceedings Article | 27 April 2016 Paper

Explicit solution of FWM problem under the interaction of co-propagating laser beams in medium with cubic nonlinear response

Vyacheslav Trofimov, Igor Kuchik, Leonid Mikheev, Yakov Grudtsyn

Proceedings Volume 9894, 989412 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225176

KEYWORDS: Nonlinear response, Bistability, Femtosecond phenomena, Laser development, Laser beam propagation, Four wave mixing, Computer simulations, Frequency conversion, Pulsed laser operation, Second-harmonic generation

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Proceedings Article | 30 January 2013 Paper

Hybrid multi-terawatt laser system of visible spectral range

V. Losev, S. Alekseev, A. Aristov, N. Ivanov, B. Kovalchuk, G. Mesyats, L. Mikheev, Yu. Panchenko, N. Ratakhin

Proceedings Volume 8677, 86770Y (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2008917

KEYWORDS: Femtosecond phenomena, Laser systems engineering, Optical amplifiers, Visible radiation, Amplifiers, Electron beams, Pulsed laser operation, Excimers, Diodes, Xenon

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Proceedings Article | 26 January 2011 Paper

Development of a 100-terawatt hybrid femtosecond laser system

V. Losev, S. Alekseev, N. Ivanov, B. Kovalchuk, L. Mikheev, G. Mesyats, Yu. Panchenko, A. Puchikin, N. Ratakhin, A. Yastremsky

Proceedings Volume 7993, 799317 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.879123

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Laser systems engineering, Xenon, Femtosecond phenomena, Molecules, Vacuum ultraviolet, Pulsed laser operation, Diodes, Mirrors, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 16 November 2010 Paper

Development of a hybrid (solid state/gas) femtosecond laser system of multiterawatt peak power

V. Losev, S. Alekseev, N. Ivanov, B. Kovalchuk, L. Mikheev, G. Mesyats, Yu. Panchenko, N. Ratakhin, A. Yastremsky

Proceedings Volume 7751, 775109 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.878751

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Laser systems engineering, Xenon, Molecules, Femtosecond phenomena, Vacuum ultraviolet, Solids, Pulsed laser operation, Diodes, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 12 May 2008 Paper

Optical sources based on a multichannel surface discharge and their application to pump photolytically driven femtosecond XeF(C-A) amplifier

V. Tcheremiskine, O. Uteza, A. Aristov, M. Sentis, L. Mikheev

Proceedings Volume 7005, 70051K (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.782779

KEYWORDS: Vacuum ultraviolet, Optical amplifiers, Plasmas, Femtosecond phenomena, Dielectrics, Active optics, Optical design, Ultraviolet radiation, Laser amplifiers, UV optics

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2007 Paper

OPCPA pre-amplifier for a blue high-contrast multiterawatt femtosecond laser chain

O. Uteza, R. Clady, G. Coustillier, M. Gastaud, M. Sentis, V. Tcheremiskine, L. Mikheev

Proceedings Volume 6731, 67310F (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.751899

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Nonlinear crystals, Femtosecond phenomena, Optical amplifiers, Laser damage threshold, Signal processing, Laser crystals, Oscillators, Fourier transforms, Phase matching

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Proceedings Article | 30 April 2007 Paper

Amplification of femtosecond optical pulses in a photolytically driven XeF(C-A) laser amplifier

V. Tcheremiskine, O. Uteza, V. Mislavskii, M. Sentis, L. Mikheev

Proceedings Volume 6346, 634613 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.738132

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Femtosecond phenomena, Laser amplifiers, Pulsed laser operation, Absorption, Plasmas, Vacuum ultraviolet, Laser applications, Molecules, Argon

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Proceedings Article | 26 April 2007 Paper

The development of TW and PW optical sources of femtosecond pulses on the base of hybrid laser systems with wide-aperture gas laser amplifiers

A. Ionin, A. Konyashchenko, B. Koval'chuk, O. Krokhin, V. Losev, G. Mesyats, L. Mikheev, A. Molchanov, Yu. Novoselov, A. Starodub, V. Tarasenko, S. Yakovlenko, V. Zvorykin

Proceedings Volume 6346, 634610 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.738105

KEYWORDS: Laser systems engineering, Optical amplifiers, Femtosecond phenomena, Ultrafast phenomena, Laser amplifiers, Xenon, Gas lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Laser development, Solid state lasers

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The multi-stage hybrid laser system producing ultrashort pulses of radiation with peak power ~10¹⁴ - 10¹⁵ W being now under developing at the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is discussed. The distinctive feature of the laser system is direct amplification of ultrashort pulses produced by a solid state laser system, first going through a prism stretcher with negative dispersion, in gas active medium without using a rather expensive and complicated grating compressor of laser pulses. Two hybrid schemes are being developed now based on the amplification of femtosecond pulses of the third harmonic of Ti:Sapphire laser at the wavelength 248 nm in the active medium of KrF laser amplifier, and on the amplification of the second harmonic of Ti:Sa laser at the wavelength 480 nm in the active medium of photochemical XeF(C-A)-laser excited by VUV radiation of an e-beam pumped Xe₂ lamp. The final stage of the laser system is supposed to be an e-beam pumped facility with a laser chamber of 60 cm in diameter and 200 cm long in the case of KrF laser, and with another laser chamber of 30-40 cm in diameter put into the former one in the case of XeF(C-A) laser. The parameters of such e-beam facility are close to those of previously developed at the Institute of High-Current Electronics: electron energy ~600 keV, specific input power ~ 300-500 kW/cm³, e-beam pulse duration ~ 100-200 ns. A possibility of using Kr₂F as an active medium with saturation energy 0.2 J/cm² for amplification of ultrashort laser pulses is also under consideration. There was theoretically demonstrated that the energy of a laser pulse at the exit of the final stage of the laser system could come up to ~ 17 J with pulse duration ~50 fs in the case of KrF laser, and ~75 J with pulse duration of 25 fs in the case of XeF laser. Two Ti:Sa laser systems producing 50 fs pulses with energy ~0.5 mJ at the wavelength 248 nm and ~5 mJ at the wavelength 480 nm have been already developed and are being now installed at the Lebedev Institute.

Proceedings Article | 14 February 2007 Paper

High-power optical sources of femtosecond pulses on the base of hybrid laser systems with wide-aperture gas laser amplifiers

Andrey Ionin, A. Konyashchenko, B. Koval'chuk, O. Krokhin, V. Losev, G. Mesyats, L. Mikheev, A. Molchanov, Yu. Novoselov, Leonid Seleznev, Dmitry Sinitsyn, A. Starodub, V. Tarasenko, S. Yakovlenko, V. Zvorykin

Proceedings Volume 6454, 645409 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.699060

KEYWORDS: Laser systems engineering, Optical amplifiers, Femtosecond phenomena, Ultrafast phenomena, Laser amplifiers, Xenon, Pulsed laser operation, Gas lasers, Laser development, Solid state lasers

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The multi-stage hybrid laser system producing ultrashort pulses of radiation with peak power ~10¹⁴ - 10¹⁵ W now under developing at the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is discussed. The distinctive feature of the laser system is direct amplification of ultrashort pulses produced by solid state laser system, first going through a prism stretcher with negative dispersion, in gas active medium without using a rather expensive and complicated grating compressor of laser pulses. Two hybrid schemes are being developed now based on the amplification of femtosecond pulses of the third harmonic of Ti:Sapphire laser at the wavelength 248 nm in the active medium of KrF laser amplifier, and on the amplification of the second harmonic of Ti:Sa laser at the wavelength 480 nm in the active medium of photochemical XeF(C-A)-laser excited by VUV radiation of an e-beam pumped Xe₂ lamp. The final stage of the laser system is supposed to be an e-beam pumped facility with a laser chamber of 60 cm in diameter and 200 cm long in the case of KrF laser, and with another laser chamber of 30-40 cm in diameter put into the former one in the case of XeF(CA) laser. The parameters of such e-beam facility are close to those of previously developed at the Institute of High- Current Electronics: electron energy ~600 keV, specific input power ~ 300-500 kW/cm³, e-beam pulse duration ~ 100- 200 ns. A possibility of using Kr₂F as an active medium with saturation energy 0.2 J/cm² for amplification of ultrashort laser pulses is also under consideration. There was theoretically demonstrated that the energy of a laser pulse at the exit of the final stage of the laser system could come up to ~ 17 J with pulse duration ~50 fs in the case of KrF laser, and ~75 J with pulse duration of 25 fs in the case of XeF laser. Two Ti:Sa laser systems producing ~50 fs pulses with energy ~0.5 mJ at the wavelength 248 nm and ~5 mJ at the wavelength 480 nm have been already developed and are being now installed at the Lebedev Institute. Preliminary

Proceedings Article | 20 September 2004 Paper

Prospects for ultrashort hybrid solid-gas high-contrast multiterawatt laser in the blue-green region

Olivier Uteza, Vadim Tcheremiskine, Raphaël Clady, Gaelle Coustillier, Michel Gastaud, Stephane Gueguen, Marc Sentis, Philippe Spiga, Leonid Mikheev

Proceedings Volume 5448, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.548408

KEYWORDS: Femtosecond phenomena, Optical amplifiers, Amplifiers, Crystals, Laser systems engineering, High power lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Refraction, Oscillators, Phase matching

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Proceedings Article | 20 September 2004 Paper

Direct amplification of frequency-doubled femtosecond pulses from Ti:Sa laser in photochemically driven XeF(C-A) active media

Leonid Mikheev, Kirill Levtchenko, Sergey Mamaev, Vladimir Mislavskii, Timofey Moskalev, Marc Sentis, Alexander Shirokikh, Vadim Tcheremiskine, Valerii Yalovoi

Proceedings Volume 5448, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.546691

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Argon, Active optics, Femtosecond phenomena, Xenon, Krypton, Electrodes, Plasmas, Absorption, Molecules

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 June 2004

Optical pumping of the XeFC→A and iodine 1.315-µm lasers by a compact surface discharge system

Richard Fraser, D. Wheeler, Christopher Zietkiewicz, Andrey Senin, Leonid Mikheev, Vitaly Zuev, J. Gary Eden, Brent Knecht

OE, Vol. 43, Issue 06, (June 2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.1751133

SPIE Journal Paper | 1 December 2003

Optical pumping of the XeF(C→A) and iodine 1.315-μm lasers by a compact surface discharge system

Brent Knecht, Richard Fraser, D. Wheeler, C. Zietkiewicz, Andrey Senin, Leonid Mikheev, Vitaly Zuev, J. Gary Eden

OE, Vol. 42, Issue 12, (December 2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.1624849

KEYWORDS: Electrodes, Dielectrics, Capacitors, Optical pumping, Pulsed laser operation, Iodine, Ceramics, Argon, Absorption, Lasers

Proceedings Article | 3 April 2000 Paper

Modeling of a pulsed HF chemical laser pumped by a VUV radiation source

Marc Sabonnadiere, Vadim Tcheremiskine, Philippe Delaporte, L. Mikheev, Marc Sentis

Proceedings Volume 3889, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.380855

KEYWORDS: Hydrogen fluoride lasers, Chemical species, Vacuum ultraviolet, Chemical lasers, Molecules, Photons, Laser energy, Optical pumping, Modeling, Fluorine

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Proceedings Article | 22 December 1998 Paper

Modeling of a photolytically excited HF chemical laser based on a NF3/H2 gas mixture

Marc Sabonnadiere, Vadim Tcheremiskine, Marc Sentis, L. Mikheev, Philippe Delaporte

Proceedings Volume 3574, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334500

KEYWORDS: Hydrogen fluoride lasers, Molecules, Chemical lasers, Vacuum ultraviolet, Laser energy, Chemical species, Absorption, Optical pumping, Fluorine, Argon

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Proceedings Article | 22 December 1998 Paper

NF3/H2 and ClF5/H2 chemical HF lasers initiated by radiation from a surface discharge

M. Artem'ev, A. Bashkin, L. Mikheev, Vladimir Nesterov, Marc Sentis, Vadim Tcheremiskine

Proceedings Volume 3574, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334461

KEYWORDS: Hydrogen fluoride lasers, Chemical species, Molecules, Krypton, Absorption, Chemical lasers, Molecular lasers, Photolysis, Fluorine, Optical pumping

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 1995 Paper

Compact XeF(C-A) and atomic iodine lasers optically pumped by radiation from a surface discharge

Brent Knecht, Richard Fraser, D. Wheeler, C. Zietkiewicz, J. Gary Eden, L. Mikheev, Vitaly Zuev

Proceedings Volume 2619, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.216898

KEYWORDS: Pulsed laser operation, iodine lasers, Iodine, Optical pumping, Laser development, Dielectrics, Output couplers, Lasers, Switches, Capacitors

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Proceedings Article | 25 May 1994 Paper

Design, construction, and performance of a surface discharge-pumped laser

Brent Knecht, Richard Fraser, D. Wheeler, Christopher Zietkiewicz, L. Mikheev, Vitaly Zuev, J. Gary Eden

Proceedings Volume 2118, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176678

KEYWORDS: Pulsed laser operation, Laser development, Dielectrics, Capacitors, Information operations, Switches, Medium wave, Electron beams, Laser energy, Lasers

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