Title :
Spectrally-dispersed two-beam-interferometer for the coherent addition of pulse energy
Author :
Lucianetti, A. ; Jovanovic, I. ; Rushford, M. ; Barty, C.P.J.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Ignition Facility Programs, Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA
Abstract :
We present a novel application of the spectrally-dispersed two-beam interferometry for the coherent addition of pulses for energy. Our device measures the relative delay of pulse-to-pulse envelope between two laser pulses with few fs accuracy.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser variables measurement; light coherence; light interferometers; light interferometry; coherent pulse energy addition; group-delay dispersion; pulse-to-pulse envelope delay; spectrally-dispersed two-beam interferometry; Apertures; Delay; Dispersion; Gratings; Laser beams; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Structural beams; 120.3180; 140.7090; 260.2030; 320.0320;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628835
