Novel all-reflective stretcher for chirped-pulse amplification of ultrashort pulses

We describe the design and operation of an all-reflective on-axis pulse stretcher (with only four simple elements) that has achieved stretching ratios of over 40000. The design is insensitive to alignment errors and is simple to align. Optical aberrations in the system have an effect on the fourth-o...

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Published inIEEE journal of quantum electronics Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 268 - 274
Main Authors Banks, P.S., Perry, M.D., Yanovsky, V., Fochs, S.N., Stuart, B.C., Zweiback, J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY IEEE 01.03.2000
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
AMPLIFICATION
BEAM SHAPING
Chirp
Delay lines
DESIGN
ENGINEERING
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
LASER RADIATION
Nonlinear optics
OPERATION
Optical amplifiers
Optical design
Optical pulses
Optical refraction
Optical sensors
Optics
Physics
Pulse amplifiers
Pulse compression methods
Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression
Chirp
Ultrashort pulse
Autocorrelations
Experimental study
Optical amplification
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Summary:We describe the design and operation of an all-reflective on-axis pulse stretcher (with only four simple elements) that has achieved stretching ratios of over 40000. The design is insensitive to alignment errors and is simple to align. Optical aberrations in the system have an effect on the fourth-order phase term, but this can be used to compensate for material dispersion, resulting in a quintic-phase-limited chirped-pulse-amplification system.
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USDOE
W-7405-ENG-48
ISSN:0018-9197
1558-1713
DOI:10.1109/3.825872