Title :
Application of chromatic aberration pre compensation techniques in large aperture petawatt-class laser systems
Author :
Chekhlov, O.V. ; Hooker, C.J. ; Hernandez-Gomez, C. ; Rajeev, P.P.
Author_Institution :
Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab., Harwell, UK
Abstract :
Different optical designs for compensation of radial pulse front delay in optical systems of broadband chirped pulse amplifiers have been analyzed. The results for compensating doublet lens and hybrid element will be presented.
Keywords :
aberrations; amplifiers; chirp modulation; lenses; optical pulse generation; broadband chirped pulse amplifiers; chromatic aberration; compensating doublet lens; hybrid element; large aperture petawatt-class laser systems; optical systems; pre compensation techniques; radial pulse front delay; Laser beams; Lenses; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Telescopes; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
