• DocumentCode
    1656945
  • Title

    Beam-homogenization and space-charge-broadening calibration for accurately measuring high-intensity laser pulses using a high-speed streak camera

  • Author

    Qiao, J. ; Jaanimagi, P.A. ; Boni, R. ; Bromage, J. ; Hill, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Laser Energetics, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An anamorphic diffuser-based beam-homogenizing system and a space-charge-broadening calibration method were developed to accurately measure 8- to 250-ps pulses using a high-speed optical streak camera on kilojoule, petawatt-class laser systems.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; optical pulse generation; streak cameras; anamorphic diffuser-based beam-homogenizing system; beam-homogenization; high-intensity laser pulses; high-speed streak camera; kilojoule laser systems; petawatt-class laser systems; space-charge-broadening calibration; Calibration; Cameras; Laser beams; Lenses; Measurement by laser beam; Optical variables measurement; Pulse measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325787