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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
