Title :
High temporal contrast front end with a multipass Ti:Saamplifier and a CaF2-based XPW temporal filter
Author :
Kalashnikov, M.P. ; Osvay, K. ; Schönnagel, H. ; Volkov, R. ; Sandner, W.
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
A laser system applying spectrally shaped multipass amplifier and cross polarized wave generation produces pulses with 80 nm bandwidth at O.lmJ energy level, while the temporal contrast of the amplified 100 TW pulses exceeds 5.1010.
Keywords :
calcium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; optical filters; solid lasers; CaF2; XPW temporal filter; cross polarized wave generation; energy 0.1 mJ; high temporal contrast front end; laser system; power 100 TW; spectrally shaped multipass amplifier; Bandwidth; Cavity resonators; Crystals; Laser beams; Lasers; Measurement by laser beam; Optical filters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4