Title :
Electro-optic deflector isolator for short laser pulse contrast enhancement
Author :
Tawney, J. ; Richardson, Mark ; Adhav, R.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Optics & CREOL, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. There is a growing need for approaches that will augment or improve the pulse contrast of high intensity laser systems. In this paper we describe an electro-optic deflection isolator (EODI) system that in principle could increase the contrast ratio of selected single pulses in a ultrahigh intensity laser by as much as 10/sup 7/. The EODI utilizes the well-known transverse gradient in refractive index produced in a birefringent material by an electric field.
Keywords :
electro-optical deflectors; laser beams; optical isolators; optical pulse shaping; birefringent material; contrast ratio; diffraction limited beam waist; electro-optic deflector isolator; short laser pulse contrast enhancement; stretched laser pulse compression; transverse refractive index gradient; ultrahigh intensity laser; ultrashort laser-matter investigations; Isolators; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pulse shaping methods; Space vector pulse width modulation; X-ray lasers;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2001.947530
