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Title: Limitations on the fidelity of 100 fs pulses produced by chirped pulse amplification

Abstract

The authors have developed a system for continuously variable independent tuning of the higher order frequency dependent phase of ultrashort laser pulses. This technique relies on geometric aberrations that arise from adjustments to the relative alignment of the elements of an air spaced doublet lens in systems such as a diffraction grating stretcher in which the spectral components of the optical pulses are spatially dispersed. Modeling results are compared to experimental measurements for a non optimized pulse stretcher/compressor combination showing the higher order phase aberrations that limit the performance of a chirped pulse amplification system. Numerical results are presented indicating these higher order phase terms can be compensated by a properly adjusted air spaced doublet design within the pulse stretcher.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6124366
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC-113138; CONF-930192-2
ON: DE93017167
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentational Engineers (SPIE) meeting, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 6-23 Jan 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; PULSE SHAPERS; DESIGN; SOLID STATE LASERS; TUNING; ALIGNMENT; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER MATERIALS; LASER RADIATION; LENSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PULSES; THEORETICAL DATA; DATA; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; EVALUATION; GRATINGS; INFORMATION; LASERS; MATERIALS; NUMERICAL DATA; PULSE CIRCUITS; RADIATIONS; SIGNAL CONDITIONERS; 426002* - Engineering- Lasers & Masers- (1990-)

Citation Formats

White, W E, Patterson, F G, van Woerkom, L D, Price, D F, and Shepherd, R L. Limitations on the fidelity of 100 fs pulses produced by chirped pulse amplification. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
White, W E, Patterson, F G, van Woerkom, L D, Price, D F, & Shepherd, R L. Limitations on the fidelity of 100 fs pulses produced by chirped pulse amplification. United States.
White, W E, Patterson, F G, van Woerkom, L D, Price, D F, and Shepherd, R L. 1993. "Limitations on the fidelity of 100 fs pulses produced by chirped pulse amplification". United States.
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title = {Limitations on the fidelity of 100 fs pulses produced by chirped pulse amplification},
author = {White, W E and Patterson, F G and van Woerkom, L D and Price, D F and Shepherd, R L},
abstractNote = {The authors have developed a system for continuously variable independent tuning of the higher order frequency dependent phase of ultrashort laser pulses. This technique relies on geometric aberrations that arise from adjustments to the relative alignment of the elements of an air spaced doublet lens in systems such as a diffraction grating stretcher in which the spectral components of the optical pulses are spatially dispersed. Modeling results are compared to experimental measurements for a non optimized pulse stretcher/compressor combination showing the higher order phase aberrations that limit the performance of a chirped pulse amplification system. Numerical results are presented indicating these higher order phase terms can be compensated by a properly adjusted air spaced doublet design within the pulse stretcher.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6124366}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 06 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Thu May 06 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
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