• DocumentCode
    3026755
  • 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
    Univ. of Rochester, Rochester
  • 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
    diffraction gratings; lasers; light interferometry; focal-spot degradation; interferometric tiling; large-aperture grating; large-scale grating; petawatt laser systems; tiled-grating assembly; tiling-parameter sensitivity; Assembly; Diffraction gratings; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Laser beams; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse compression; Pistons; Tiles; Tolerance analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453724
  • Filename
    4453724