Title :
Temporal aberrations due to misalignments of a stretcher-compressor system and compensation
Author :
Fiorini, C. ; Sauteret, C. ; Rouyer, C. ; Blanchot, N. ; Seznec, S. ; Migus, A.
Author_Institution :
Commissariat a la Energie Atomique, Centre d´´Etudes de Limeil-Valenton, Villeneuve St. Georges, France
fDate :
7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Sensitivity of alignment is one of the major issues in the stretcher-compressor devices used for chirped pulse amplification. In this paper we discuss the temporal aberrations induced by the different kinds of misalignments of the gratings and we emphasize the importance of spatially transverse effects. We discuss simple criteria for minimizing these faults. Finally, we introduce the basic principles of self-compensation and present such a set-up based on symmetry considerations
Keywords :
aberrations; diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; chirped pulse amplification; compensation; grating misalignment; self-compensation; spatially transverse effects; stretcher-compressor system; symmetry; temporal aberrations; Chirp; Crystals; Glass; Gratings; Optical distortion; Optical pulses; Plasma density; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
