DocumentCode
1656866
Title
A cylindrical Öffner stretcher for reduced chromatic aberrations and improved temporal contrast
Author
Bromage, J. ; Millecchia, M. ; Bunkenburg, J. ; Jungquist, R.K. ; Dorrer, C. ; Zuegel, J.D.
Author_Institution
Lab. for Laser Energetics, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
An Öffner stretcher using cylindrical mirrors is evaluated for ultra-broadband, high-contrast lasers. Adding a grating reduces chromatic aberration, and replacing the spherical mirrors eliminates the intermediate foci, increasing energy throughput and improving temporal contrast.
Keywords
Degradation; Gratings; Mirrors; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical reflection;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6325783
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