Title :
Tunable third-order phase compensation by refraction from an intragrating-pair parallel plate
Author :
Braun, A. ; Sosnowski, Tom ; Braun, A. ; Kane, Steve ; Van Romday, P. ; Norris, Ted ; Mourou, Gérard A.
Author_Institution :
LOA-ENSTA, Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
An intragrating-pair parallel plate is demonstrated as a simple, low-alignment-tolerance device for third-order dispersion control in chirped-pulse amplification. We have demonstrated a simple and alignment insensitive device to eliminate third-order phase errors. Instead of needing arc-minute accuracies (as is the case of third-order tuning using the gratings themselves), the plate requires only degree accuracies, easily obtained experimentally. Further, using the numerical simulation, it is shown how different plate configurations can be used in response to changes in the system parameters
Keywords :
chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; laser tuning; light refraction; measurement errors; optical dispersion; optical modulation; alignment insensitive device; chirped-pulse amplification; degree accuracies; high speed lasers; intragrating-pair parallel plate; low-alignment-tolerance device; numerical simulation; system parameters; third-order dispersion control; third-order phase errors; tunable third-order phase compensation; Chirp; Diffraction gratings; Glass; Optical pulse compression; Optical refraction; Phase control; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/2944.686751
