Title :
Hybrid vacuum-atmosphere compressors for ultrafast, high-peak power chirped-pulse amplification
Author :
Walker, Barry C. ; Squier, Jeff A. ; Fittinghoff, David N. ; Rose-Petruck, Christoph ; Barty, Christopher P J
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. & Biochem., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Theoretical and experimental results are presented for ultrafast, chirped-pulse amplifier compressors that contain only the final, high-peak power grating in vacuum. The designs are compact and the adjustments of the compressor gratings are at atmosphere. The optical aberrations and dispersion of the system are found to be negligible for the compression of 25-fs pulses. The application of the hybrid vacuum-atmosphere compressor is robust with respect to a broad range of wavelengths and optical configurations
Keywords :
aberrations; diffraction gratings; optical design techniques; optical dispersion; optical pulse compression; vacuum techniques; 25 fs; compressor gratings; final high-peak power grating; hybrid vacuum-atmosphere compressor; hybrid vacuum-atmosphere compressors; optical aberrations; optical pulse compression; ultrafast chirped-pulse amplifier compressors; ultrafast high-peak power chirped-pulse amplification; Atmosphere; Chirp; Compressors; Gratings; High power amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/2944.686753
