Title :
Group delay measurement for balancing dispersion in complex stretcher-compressor systems
Author :
Crane, John K. ; Page, Ralph H. ; Shverdin, Miro Y. ; Messerly, Mike J. ; Nissen, James D. ; Kanz, V. Keith ; Dawson, Jay W. ; Shaw, Brian H. ; Shih, Grace ; Siders, Craig W. ; Barty, C.P.J.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA
Abstract :
The phase-shift technique for measuring group-delay has novel applications for aligning and commissioning grating compressors and balancing dispersion in large, high-energy petawatt and other complex, chirped-pulse amplifier systems.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical pulse compression; chirped-pulse amplifier systems; complex stretcher-compressor systems; grating compressors; group delay measurement; phase-shift technique; Bragg gratings; Compressors; Delay; Dispersion; Ignition; Phase measurement; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Radiography; Space vector pulse width modulation; 320.5520; 320.7100;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
