Title :
Characterization of a high-contrast front-end prototype for the OMEGA EP laser facility
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Laser Energetics, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
The temporal and spectral properties of a high-contrast front-end prototype developed for the OMEGA EP chirped pulse amplification system are described. A hundredfold contrast improvement and improved beam quality are obtained.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser beams; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; Omega EP Laser Facility; beam quality; chirped pulse amplification; optical parametric amplifier; Fluorescence; Measurement by laser beam; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Preamplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
