Amplitude and phase control of a 100 TW Nd:glass laser chain

Author

Le Blanc, C. ; Wattellier, Benoit ; Zou, J.P. ; Sauteret, C. ; Migus, A. ; Dorrer, C. ; Wamsley, I.A. ; Verluise, E. ; Kaplan, David ; Tournois, P.

Author_Institution

Lab. pour l´Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

69

Lastpage

70

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have shown for the first time a phase and amplitude modulation and measurement at 1.05 /spl mu/m on a 100 TW laser chain. Pulse cleaning and increase of the output spectral bandwidth has also been demonstrated. This kind of implementation should be successful in higher energy laser chains such as a PW source.

Keywords

acousto-optical filters; amplitude modulation; chirp modulation; neodymium; optical pulse compression; phase modulation; solid lasers; 1.05 micron; 100 TW; Dazzler correction; Nd:glass laser chain; SPIDER; TW laser chain; acousto-optic filter; amplitude modulation; chirped pulse amplification; high peak power lasers; output spectral bandwidth; phase modulation; pulse cleaning; Bandwidth; Filters; Gratings; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Phase control; Phase measurement; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947472

Filename

947472