DocumentCode
1125572
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
Volume
30
Issue
7
fYear
1994
fDate
7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1662
Lastpage
1670
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/3.299499
Filename
299499
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