Dichroic beamsplitter for high energy laser diagnostics

Wavefront control techniques are provided for the alignment and performance optimization of optical devices. A Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor can be used to measure the wavefront distortion and a control system generates feedback error signal to optics inside the device to correct the wavefront. Th...

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Main Authors LaFortune, Kai N, Hurd, Randall, Fochs, Scott N, Rotter, Mark D, Hackel, Lloyd
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.08.2011
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Summary:Wavefront control techniques are provided for the alignment and performance optimization of optical devices. A Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor can be used to measure the wavefront distortion and a control system generates feedback error signal to optics inside the device to correct the wavefront. The system can be calibrated with a low-average-power probe laser. An optical element is provided to couple the optical device to a diagnostic/control package in a way that optimizes both the output power of the optical device and the coupling of the probe light into the diagnostics.