DocumentCode
499582
Title
A technique for measuring B-integral in chirped-pulse amplifiers
Author
Bagnoud, Vincent ; Zimmer, Daniel ; Ecker, Boris ; Kuehl, Thomas
Author_Institution
GSI-Helmoltzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate a simple method for measuring the B-integral of CPA systems based on temporal diffraction. Two identical pulses sent into the amplifier under study create time replicas used to retrieve the B-integral accumulation.
Keywords
chirp modulation; intensity modulation; laser beams; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; B-integral accumulation retrieval; CPA system; chirped-pulse amplifier; temporal diffraction; temporal intensity-modulation; Chirp; Delay; Distortion measurement; Kerr effect; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; (140.3295) Laser beam characterization; (190.3270) Kerr effect;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Type
conf
Filename
5224727
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