DocumentCode
689123
Title
Design and analysis of meter-size deformable gratings for compressing kilojoule, petawatt laser pulses
Author
Qiao, Jinghui ; Papa, J. ; Kalb, A.
Author_Institution
Lab. for Laser Energetics, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Monolithic meter-size diffraction gratings are required to improve kilojoule, petawatt laser-system performance. A deformable-grating-based pulse compressor with optimized actuator positions is presented to correct the spatial and temporal aberrations induced by grating wavefront errors.
Keywords
aberrations; diffraction gratings; optical design techniques; optical pulse compression; grating wavefront errors; kilojoule petawatt laser pulse compression; meter-size deformable gratings; monolithic meter-size diffraction gratings; optimized actuator positions; pulse compressor; spatial aberration correction; temporal aberration correction; Actuators; Adaptive optics; Diffraction gratings; Gratings; Optical surface waves; Substrates; Surface waves;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833505
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