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Title: Simulation of grating compressor misalignment tolerances and mitigation strategies for chirped-pulse–amplification systems of varying bandwidths and beam sizes

Abstract

Here, the effects of pulse compressor grating misalignment on the pulse duration and focusability are simulated for chirped-pulse–amplification systems of varying bandwidth, beam size, groove density, and incident angle. Tilt-alignment tolerances are specified based on a √2 drop in focused intensity, illustrating how tolerances scale with bandwidth and compressor beam size, which scales with energy when transformed via known grating damage thresholds. Grating-alignment tolerance scaling with grating groove density and incident/diffracted angles is investigated and applied to compressor design. A correlation between grating tip and in-plane rotation error sensitivity is defined and used to compensate residual out-of-plane angular dispersion, even for ultra-broadband pulses. Simulation of dispersion compensation methods after grating misalignment are shown to mitigate pulse lengthening, limited by temporal contrast degradation and higher-order effects for ultrabroad bandwidths.

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  1. Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Contributing Org.:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
OSTI Identifier:
1491233
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1489319
Report Number(s):
2018-166, 1459
Journal ID: ISSN 1559-128X; APOPAI; 2018-166, 1459, 2415
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0001944
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Optics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 58; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1559-128X
Publisher:
Optical Society of America
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Citation Formats

Webb, B., Guardalben, M. J., Dorrer, C., Bucht, S., and Bromage, J. Simulation of grating compressor misalignment tolerances and mitigation strategies for chirped-pulse–amplification systems of varying bandwidths and beam sizes. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1364/AO.58.000234.
Webb, B., Guardalben, M. J., Dorrer, C., Bucht, S., & Bromage, J. Simulation of grating compressor misalignment tolerances and mitigation strategies for chirped-pulse–amplification systems of varying bandwidths and beam sizes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.58.000234
Webb, B., Guardalben, M. J., Dorrer, C., Bucht, S., and Bromage, J. 2019. "Simulation of grating compressor misalignment tolerances and mitigation strategies for chirped-pulse–amplification systems of varying bandwidths and beam sizes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.58.000234. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1491233.
@article{osti_1491233,
title = {Simulation of grating compressor misalignment tolerances and mitigation strategies for chirped-pulse–amplification systems of varying bandwidths and beam sizes},
author = {Webb, B. and Guardalben, M. J. and Dorrer, C. and Bucht, S. and Bromage, J.},
abstractNote = {Here, the effects of pulse compressor grating misalignment on the pulse duration and focusability are simulated for chirped-pulse–amplification systems of varying bandwidth, beam size, groove density, and incident angle. Tilt-alignment tolerances are specified based on a √2 drop in focused intensity, illustrating how tolerances scale with bandwidth and compressor beam size, which scales with energy when transformed via known grating damage thresholds. Grating-alignment tolerance scaling with grating groove density and incident/diffracted angles is investigated and applied to compressor design. A correlation between grating tip and in-plane rotation error sensitivity is defined and used to compensate residual out-of-plane angular dispersion, even for ultra-broadband pulses. Simulation of dispersion compensation methods after grating misalignment are shown to mitigate pulse lengthening, limited by temporal contrast degradation and higher-order effects for ultrabroad bandwidths.},
doi = {10.1364/AO.58.000234},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1491233}, journal = {Applied Optics},
issn = {1559-128X},
number = 2,
volume = 58,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Wed Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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