Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 223, 1207-1211 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02174-2

Review

Fibre lasers for gamma colliders

John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science at the University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK

^a e-mail: l.corner1@physics.ox.ac.uk

Received: 13 March 2014
Revised: 24 March 2014
Published online: 4 June 2014

Abstract

The required laser parameters for recently proposed gamma-gamma collider Higgs factories are presented and reviewed in the context of new developments in high average and peak power fibre laser technology. A possible laser architecture based on fibres is proposed and some issues surrounding high average power frequency conversion to the wavelengths required for a gamma collider are discussed.