Author

Thomas H. Bett

Observed name: Thomas Bett

Institution: AWE Nuclear Security Technologies

Observed institutions: AWE Nuclear Security Technologies, Heriot-Watt University

OpenAlex ID: A5105574016

Comprehensive description of the Orion laser facility

2015 · Nicholas Hopps, Kevin Oades, et al. · Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion · 69

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Overview of laser systems for the Orion facility at the AWE

2013 · Nicholas Hopps, Colin Danson, et al. · Applied Optics · 69

Ultrahigh contrast from a frequency-doubled chirped-pulse-amplification beamline

2013 · David Hillier, Colin Danson, et al. · Applied Optics · 52

Multipass reconfiguration of the HELEN Nd:glass laser at the Atomic Weapons Establishment

2002 · Michael J. Norman, James E. Andrew, et al. · Applied Optics · 47

A history of high-power laser research and development in the United Kingdom

2021 · Colin N. Danson, Malcolm White, et al. · High Power Laser Science and Engineering · 25

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Contrast enhancements to petawatt lasers using short pulse optical parametric amplifiers and frequency doubling

2014 · David I. Hillier, Stephen Elsmere, et al. · Applied Optics · 16

Binary-phase Fresnel zone plate arrays for high-power laser beam smoothing

1995 · David A. Pepler, Colin N. Danson, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 7

Overview of Project Orion

2011 · Nick W. Hopps, Thomas H. Bett, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 5

Diffractive optics development for application on high-power solid state lasers

1995 · Thomas H. Bett, R. M. Stevenson, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 4

Beam shaping diffractive optical elements for high-power solid state laser systems

1999 · Ian M. Barton, Paul Blair, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 3

Diffractive beam samplers for large-aperture beam diagnostics

1999 · Thomas H. Bett, I. C. Smith · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 3

Laser damage studies of etched diffractive-optic components

1994 · D. M. Spriggs, Thomas H. Bett · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 3

Contrast enhancements to petawatt lasers using picosecond optical parametric amplification and frequency doubling

2014 · David I. Hillier, Colin Danson, et al. · Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics · 1

Design and Installation of a static wavefront correction optic on the HELEN laser

2002 · Thomas H. Bett, N. W. Hopps, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1

Development of static phase control elements for high-power solid state lasers

2001 · Thomas H. Bett, Andrew R. Barnes, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1

Application of static phase control elements to high-power solid state lasers

2001 · Thomas H. Bett, Andrew R. Barnes, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1

Phase front analysis of the 2TW HELEN Nd:glass laser

1996 · Andrew R. Barnes, Thomas H. Bett, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1

Far-field beam shaping through static wavefront correction in the near field on the HELEN laser

2002 · Thomas H. Bett, N. W. Hopps, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Baseline design of proposed AWE 100-TW solid state laser system

1999 · John A. McMordie, Thomas H. Bett, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Design and fabrication of diffractive optical elements for use in solid state laser systems

1997 · Ben Layet, Ian M. Barton, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Characterization and application of a broad bandwidth oscillator for the HELEN laser facility

1995 · James E. Andrew, R. M. Stevenson, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Design of novel resonance domain diffractive optical elements

1995 · Malcolm T. M. Lightbody, Ben Layet, et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Synthetic multilevel diffractive optical elements for beam shaping and harmonic separation applications in high power laser systems

1994 · J. Michael Miller, Paul Blair, et al. · Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)

Works count: 23

Citation count: 308

H-index: 7

I10-index: 6