• DocumentCode
    2790105
  • Title

    Interferometric Tiling of large-aperture gratings for Petawatt laser systems

  • Author

    Qiao, J. ; Kelly, J.H. ; Canning, D. ; Guardalben, M.J. ; King, G. ; Price, J. ; Kalb, A. ; Jungquist, R. ; Rigatti, A.L.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, 250 East River Road, Rochester, NY 14623-1299, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A tiled-grating assembly with three large-scale gratings is developed with real-time interferometric tiling control for a petawatt laser system. Tiling-parameters sensitivity and focal-spot degradation are analyzed for a compressor composed of four such assemblies.
  • Keywords
    Assembly; Diffraction gratings; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Laser beams; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse compression; Pistons; Tiles; Tolerance analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431501
  • Filename
    4431501