• DocumentCode
    2240422
  • Title

    Origin of the coherent contrast pedestal in petawatt laser pulses

  • Author

    Hooker, Chris ; Tang, Yunxin ; Chekhlov, Oleg ; Collier, John ; Divall, Edwin ; Ertel, Klaus ; Hawkes, Steve ; Rajeev, Paramel P.

  • Author_Institution
    Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Lab., Didcot, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate experimentally that the "coherent" contrast pedestal in compressed pulses from CPA lasers originates from the diffraction gratings in the pulse stretcher. The pedestal intensity correlates with the level of scatter from the gratings.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; light coherence; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; CPA lasers; coherent contrast pedestal; compressed pulses; diffraction gratings; petawatt laser pulses; pulse stretcher; Gratings; Laser beams; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Mirrors; Optical pulses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950627
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2240422