Title :
High energy and efficient cross polarized wave generation for high contrast ultrashort laser sources
Author :
Ramirez, L.P. ; Papadopoulos, D.N. ; Pellegrina, A. ; Georges, P. ; Druon, F. ; Monot, P. ; Ricci, A. ; Jullien, A. ; Chen, X. ; Rousseau, J.P. ; Liu, Y. ; Houard, A. ; Lopez-Martens, R.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Charles Fabry, Univ. Paris Sud, Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We present a compact and energy-scalable crossed polarized wave generation setup with waveguide filtering. A 1.4 mJ, 14.5 fs FTL, 10-4 contrast ratio enhanced XPW pulse is produced with 11 mJ, 40 fs input pulse.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical pulse generation; optical waveguide filters; XPW pulse; cross polarized wave generation; energy 1.4 mJ; energy 11 mJ; energy scalable; high contrast ultrashort laser sources; input pulse; time 14.5 fs; time 40 fs; waveguide filtering; Crystals; Hollow waveguides; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
