HYBRID VACUUM-ATMOSPHERE COMPRESSORS FOR ULTRAFAST, HIGH-PEAK POWER CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION

Authors
WALKER BC SQUIER JA FITTINGHOFF DN ROSEPETRCK C BARTY CPJ
Citation
Bc. Walker et al., HYBRID VACUUM-ATMOSPHERE COMPRESSORS FOR ULTRAFAST, HIGH-PEAK POWER CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION, IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics, 4(2), 1998, pp. 441-444
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic",Optics
Journal title
IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1077260X
Volume
4
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
441 - 444
Database
ISI
SICI code
1077-260X(1998)4:2<441:HVCFUH>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Theoretical and experimental results are presented for ultrafast, chir ped-pulse amplifier compressors that contain only the final, high-peak power grating in vacuum. The designs are compact and the adjustments of the compressor gratings are at atmosphere. The optical aberrations and dispersion of the system are found to be negligible for the compre ssion of 25-fs pulses. The application of the hybrid vacuum-atmosphere compressor is robust with respect to a broad range of wavelengths and optical configurations.